William Walker Strong

Background

Strong, William Walker was born on May 16, 1883 in Good Hope, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Harrison and Maria (Garretson) Strong.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, Dickinson College, 1905. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1908.

Career

Fellow by courtesy, Johns Hopkins, 1908. Research assistant Carnegie Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, 1908-1911, also assistant Johns Hopkins, 1909-1911. Fellow Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, 1911-1913, also professor electrical theory, U. Pittsburgh, president Scientific Instrument & Electrical

Machine Company, 1912.

Instructor Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1914. Physicist for Research Corporation, 1915, 19.

Consultant practice. Developed a fume mask for diphenylchlorasin and other poisonous fumes during World War I. Discovered effect of magnetic psychoanalysis, 1921.

Secretary Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park Commission, 1936-1949.

Achievements

• William Walker Strong has been listed as a noteworthy physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow by courtesy, Johns Hopkins, 1908. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society. Member Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Mary Alberta Kirk, June 17, 1916. Children: Walker Albert, Margaret Kirk.

Father:

William Harrison Strong

Mother:

Maria (Garretson) Strong

Spouse:

Mary Alberta Kirk

child:

Walker Albert Strong

child:

Margaret Kirk Strong