Background
Wheeler, Samuel Crane was born on June 3, 1913 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Son of Samuel Crane and Mary Oolita (Philipps) Wheeler.
Wheeler, Samuel Crane was born on June 3, 1913 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Son of Samuel Crane and Mary Oolita (Philipps) Wheeler.
AB, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1942; Master of Science, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1960.
Instructor, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1943-1944; assistant physicist, University of California, Division War Research at United States Navy Radio and Sound Lab, San Diego, 1944-1948; from instructor to professor, Denison U., Granville, Ohio., 1948-1978; Henry Chisholm chair physics, Denison U., Granville, Ohio., 1962; emeritus professor, Denison U., Granville, Ohio., since 1978. Program director National Science Foundation, Washington District of Columbia, 1963-1964. Evaluator North Central Association Colleges Universities, Granville, Ohio, 1964-1978.
Clerk, treasurer Granville (Ohio) Exempted Village Schools, 1952-1959. Member American Physical Society (Howard N. Maxwell award 1985, Ohio section pastpres.), American Association Physics Teachers, American Astronomical Society.
Married Blanche Virginia Hampton, December 18, 1942. Children: Samuel III, Patricia, Philip and Thomas (twins), Margaret, William.