Background
Anderson, Wallace Ervin was born on October 28, 1913 in Scranton, South Carolina, United States. Son of Miles Hannibal and Laura (Wallace) Anderson.
educator physicist university official
Anderson, Wallace Ervin was born on October 28, 1913 in Scranton, South Carolina, United States. Son of Miles Hannibal and Laura (Wallace) Anderson.
Bachelor of Science, The Citadel, 1934; Honorary Doctor of Science, The Citadel, 1981; Master of Sciences, University Kentucky, 1936; Doctor of Philosophy (Rackham fellow 1947), University of Michigan, 1949.
Member faculty, The Citadel, 1936-1942, 46-79;
professor physics, head department, The Citadel, since 1953;
academic dean, The Citadel, since 1966;
vice president for academic affairs, The Citadel, 1970-1979;
interim president, The Citadel, 1978-1979;
dean emeritus, The Citadel, 1979. Special tutor Medical College South Carolina. Teaching Hospital, Charleston, 1959-1967.
Research associate Duke, 1949, 50.
Served to lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Colonel Reserve; Member American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi. Clubs: Country of Charleston, Rotary.
Married Rheta M. Frierson, September 12, 1939. Children– Sarah Graham, Mary Wallace.