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Samuel W. Stratton
Autochrome by Auguste Léon, 1920
8th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In office
January 1, 1923 (1923-01-01) – January 30, 1930 (1930-01-30)
Preceded byElihu Thomson (acting)
Succeeded byKarl Taylor Compton
1st Director of the National Bureau of Standards
In office
March 11, 1901 (1901-03-11) – December 31, 1922 (1922-12-31)
President
  • William McKinley
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • William Howard Taft
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Warren G. Harding
Succeeded byGeorge K. Burgess
Personal details
Born(1861-07-18)July 18, 1861
Litchfield, Illinois, US
DiedOctober 18, 1931(1931-10-18) (aged 70)
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Resting placeMountain View Cemetery, Altadena, California
Alma materIllinois Industrial University at Urbana
Awards
  • Elliott Cresson Medal (1912)
  • Public Welfare Medal (1917)
Academic work
DisciplinePhysics
Institutions
  • University of Chicago

Samuel Wesley Stratton (July 18, 1861 – October 18, 1931) was an administrator in the American government, physicist, and educator.

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