Background
Jackson, Wilfrid James was born on May 11, 1900 in Jacksonville, Nova Scotia. Son of Captain William G. L. (master mariner) and Helen E. (Musgrave) J.
Jackson, Wilfrid James was born on May 11, 1900 in Jacksonville, Nova Scotia. Son of Captain William G. L. (master mariner) and Helen E. (Musgrave) J.
Student Sydney (Nova Scoti, Canada) Academy, 1914-1917. Bachelor of Arts, Dalhousie University, 1921, Master of Arts, 1923. Master of Arts, Princeton, 1926, Doctor of Philosophy, 1927.
Came to the United States, 1923, naturalized, 1939. Demonstrator in physics, Dalhousie University, 1921-1922. Macgregor teaching fellow, 1922-1923.
Instructor of physics, Princeton University, 1923-1925.
James West. Queen fellow, physics, 1925-1926, research assistant, 1926-1927. Interim lecturer, mathematics, physics, King’s College, Dalhousie University, 1927-1928, special lecturer, universities training, summer 1941.
Instructor, physics, Rutgers, 1928-1929, assistant professor, 1929-1943. Associate professor, 1943-1946, professor since 1946, department chairman of physics, Douglass College, Rutgers State University, since 1946.
Visiting lecturer, Massachusetts Institute Technology ESMDT, 1941-1942, radar school, 1942-1944, visiting associate professor radar school, 1944-1946.
Chief scientist New York branch office, Office of Naval Research, 1950.
Fellow American Association Advancement Science. Member American Physical Society, American Institute Physics, American Association Physics Teachers, American Association University professors (president Rutgers chapter, 1946-1947), North.B. Science Society, Sigma Xi (president of Rutgers chapter, 1954-1955). Rotarian.; Clubs: Dalhousie of New New York
Married Mabel East. Mott, June 21, 1932. Children: Charles Wilfrid, Marilyn Mott.