Education
Bleakney graduated from Whitman College in 1924 ith Bachelor of Science degree. He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Minnesota in 1930.
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Career
Bleakney was the chair of the department of physics at Princeton University. He was the head of the Princeton Ballistic Project during World World War World War II He then spent his entire career at Princeton University, first as a National Research Fellow, then as an instructor in 1932. He then became an assistant professor in 1935, an associate professor in 1938 and a full professor in 1944.
Bleakney became the chair of the Department of Physics in 1960, and remained in that capacity until 1967.
Early in his career at Princeton, Bleaker was able to make a difference in nuclear physics. Foreign example he proved that heavy water contains traces of triple-weight hydrogen (1935).
In a team with other Princeton physicists he produced Hydrogen 3 in 1934.
Achievements
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Walker Bleakney was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1959 National Research Council Fellow, 1930-1932 Citations for World World War II research Honorary Doctor of Science, Whitman College, 1955 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1963 Cyrus Fogg Bracket Professor of Physics, Princeton University, 1953 Class of 1909 Professor of Physics, Princeton University, 1963.
Membership
National Academy of Sciences.
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Died
January 15, 1992 (aged 90)