Background
Shockley, William Bradford was born on February 13, 1910 in London. (parents American citizens). Son of William Hillman and May (Bradford) Shockley.
Shockley, William Bradford was born on February 13, 1910 in London. (parents American citizens). Son of William Hillman and May (Bradford) Shockley.
Bachelor of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1936. Doctor of Science(honorary), Rutgers University, 1956.
Doctor of Science(honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1955. Doctor of Science(honorary), Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota, 1963.
Teaching fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1932-1936;
member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, 1936-1942, 45;
director transistor physics research, Bell Telephone laboratories, 1954;
director, Shockley Semicondr. Laboratory
president, Shockley Transistor Corporation, 1958-1960;
consultant, Shockley Transistor unit Clevite Transistor, 1960-1965;
lecturer, Stanford University, 1958-1963;
Alexander M. Poniatoff professor engineering science and applied science, Stanford University, 1963-1975;
professor emeritus, Stanford University, 1975-1989. Executive consultant Bell Telephone laboratories, 1965-1975.
Deputy director research, weapons systems evaluation group Department Defense, 1954-1955. Expert consultant Office Secretary War, 1944-1945. Visiting lecturer Princeton University, 1946.
Visiting professor California Institute Technology, 1954-1955. Science advisory, policy council Joint Research and Development Board, 1947-1949. Senior consultant Army Science Advisory Panel, 1951-1963.
Director research Anti-submarine Welfare Operations Research Group United States Navy, 1942-1944. Researcher on energy bands of solids, ferromagnetic domains, plastic properties of metals. Semiconductor theory applied to devices and device defectssuch as disclosations.
Fundamentals of electromagnetic energy and momentum. Mental tools for science thinking, operations research on human quality problems.
(A classic treatment of the fundamentals of semiconductor ...)
(Hardcover - January 1, 1959)
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Morris Liebmann prize 1952, Gold medal, 25th anniversary of transistor 1972, medal of Honor 1980), National Academy of Sciences (Comstock prize 1954), American Physical Society (O.E. Buckley prize 1953), Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi.
Married Jean A. Bailey, 1933 (divorced 1955). Children: Alison, William Alden, Richard Condit. Married Emily Lanning, 1955.