Background
Stratton, Samuel Wesley was born on July 18, 1861 in Litchfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel and Mary B. (Webster) Stratton.
Stratton, Samuel Wesley was born on July 18, 1861 in Litchfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel and Mary B. (Webster) Stratton.
Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1884, Doctor of Engineering, 1903. Doctor of Science, Western University of Pennsylvania (now University of Pittsburgh), 1903, Cambridge, 1909, Yale, 1919. Doctor of Laws, Harvard, 1923.
Doctor of Philosophy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1924.
Unmarried.
Instructor mathematics, assistant professor, and professor physics and electrical engineering, University of Illinois, 1885-1892. Successively assistant professor, associate professor and professor physics, University of Chicago, 1892-1901. Director National bureau of Standards, Washington, 1901-1923.
President Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1923.
Ensign, Lieutenant Junior grade, Lieutenant, and lieutenant commander Illinois Naval Militia, 1895-1901. Lieutenant United States Navy, during Spanish-American War, May-November 1898.
Commander commanding District of Columbia Naval Militia, 1904-1912.
Member International Committee on Weights and Measures, American Institute Electrical Engineers, National Academy Sciences, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Chevalier Legion of Honor, 1909, Officer, 1928.