In office June 13, 1933 (1933-06-13) – November 5, 1945 (1945-11-05)
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Preceded by
George K. Burgess
Succeeded by
Edward U. Condon
Personal details
Born
(1874-05-07)May 7, 1874 Assyria, Michigan, U.S.
Died
March 25, 1963(1963-03-25) (aged 88) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse
Katharine Cook
Children
2, including Isabel
Alma mater
Michigan Agricultural College University of Michigan Johns Hopkins University
Occupation
Engineer, physicist, administrator
Scientific career
Fields
Applied physics
Institutions
US Department of Agriculture
National Bureau of Standards
Thesis
On the absorption of water vapor and of certain salts in aqueous solution by quartz(1901)
Doctoral advisor
Henry Augustus Rowland
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Lyman James Briggs (May 7, 1874 – March 25, 1963) was an American engineer, physicist and administrator. He was a director of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) during the Great Depression and chairman of the Uranium Committee[1] before America entered the Second World War. The Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University is named in his honor.[2]
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