Background
Bessey, William Higgins was born on March 18, 1913 in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Ernst Athearn and Edith Carleton (Higgins) Bessey.
Bessey, William Higgins was born on March 18, 1913 in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Ernst Athearn and Edith Carleton (Higgins) Bessey.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1934; Master of Science, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1935; Master of Science, Doctor of Science, 1940.
Teaching assistant, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1934-1939; instructor, assistant professor, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1942-1952; instructor, South Dakot School Mines, 1939-1940; instructor, North Carolina State College, 1940-1942; associate professor, then professor, U. Missouri School Mines and Metallurgy, 1952-1956; professor, head department physics, Butler U., 1956-1980. Summer instructor New Paltz (New York) State Teachers College, 1953, Michigan State University, 1954. Summer staff International Business Machines Corporation Research Laboratory, Poughkeepsie, 1956.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers (president Indiana section), Indiana Academy of Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Married Thelma Moyer Shelly, September 8, 1945. Children— Barbara Lynn, Karen Elizabeth.