Background
Dow, William Gould was born on September 30, 1895 in Faribault, Minnesota, United States. Son of James Jabez and Myra Amelia (Brown) Dow.
Dow, William Gould was born on September 30, 1895 in Faribault, Minnesota, United States. Son of James Jabez and Myra Amelia (Brown) Dow.
Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1916; Electrical engineer, University of Minnesota, 1917; Microsoft Security Essentials, University of Michigan, 1929; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Colorado, 1980.
Diversified engineering and business experience, 1917-1926;
faculty, department electrical engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1926-1965;
professor electrical engineering, University of Michigan, 1945-1965;
department chairman electrical engineering, University of Michigan, 1958-1964;
professor emeritus, University of Michigan, since 1966;
senior research geophysicist, Space Physics Research Laboratory, 1966-1971. Electronics consultant National Bureau Standards, 1945-1955. Research staff Radio Research Laboratory, Harvard, 1943-1945, assignment, United Kingdom, winter 1944-1945.
Science advising committee Harry Diamond laboratories, 1953-1964. Business manager Language Studies Abroad, Spain, summers, 1965-1974. Member vacuum tube development committee National Defense Research Committee, World World War II.
(European vacuum tube research survey), 1953. Member rocket and satellite research panel, 1946-1960. United States technical panel on rocketry International Geophysical Year, 1956-1959.
Made world tour for space research and engineering education survey, 1969-1970. Charter member board of trustees Environmental Research Institute Michigan, 1972-1990, trustee emeritus, since 1990.
Lieutenant C.E. United States Army, World War I. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (board editors 1941-1954), Engineering Society Detroit, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association of University Professors, American Physical Society, American Institute Aeronautics an Astronautics, American Geophysical Union, National, Michigan societies professional engineers, American Astronautical Society, New York Academy of Sciences, American Society Engineering Education, American Welding Society, National Electronics Conference (director 1949-1952, chairman board 1951), Masons, Cosmos Club, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu.
Married Edna Lois Sontag., October 24, 1924 (deceased February 1963). Children– Daniel Gould, David Sontag. Married Katherine Bird Keene, April 2, 1968 (deceased May 1997).
Stepchildren– John S. Keene, Margaret Keene Hannan, Karen Keene Day.