Background
Schriever, William was born on January 16, 1894 in Dakota City, Nebraska, United States. Son of Fred and Elizabeth (Winkhaus) Schriever.
Schriever, William was born on January 16, 1894 in Dakota City, Nebraska, United States. Son of Fred and Elizabeth (Winkhaus) Schriever.
Bachelor of Arts, Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, 1916. Master of Science, University Iowa, 1917, Doctor of Philosophy, 1921.
Assistant professor physics, University of Oklahoma, 1919-1924, associate professor, 1924-1927, professor since 1927, department chairman physics, 1942-1952, director School England Physics, 1942-1948. Research fellow American Petroleum Institute, 1927-1929.
Served in science and research division, Signal corpus, United States army in Airplane Radio Development, 1918. Fellow American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Oklahoma Academy of Science Director State Bureau of Standards since 1942. Member Society of Exploration Geophysicists, American Association Physics Teachers, American Geophysical Union, Sigma Xi (1st president Oklahoma chapter, 1930-1931), Gamma Alpha, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married Lucille East. Weisenbach, August 16, 1922.