Background
Higinbotham, William Alfred was born on October 25, 1910 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States.
Higinbotham, William Alfred was born on October 25, 1910 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1932; Doctor of Science, Williams College, 1963; postgraduate, Cornell Univercity, 1932-1940.
Radar research, Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1941-1943; with, Manhattan Project, Los Alamos, 1943-1945; head electronics group, Manhattan Project, 1944-1945; chairman, Federation American Scientists, Washington, 1946, 59, 63; executive secretary, Federation American Scientists, 1947; vice-chairman, Federation American Scientists, 1948, 51; associate head electronics division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1947-1951; head instrumentation division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1951-1968; senior physicist, Technology Support Organisation, 1968-1984; consultant in field.
Fellow American Physical Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Nuclear Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute Nuclear Materials Management Invented Higinbotham scaler circuit.
Married Julie Ann Burritt, July 9, 1949 (deceased June 1971). Children: Julie Eileen Higinbotham Schletter, Robin Ann Higinbotham Clark, William Burritt. Married Margaret A. Miller, December 19, 1976 (deceased December 1982).
Married Edna M. Kinsey, November 26, 1983.