Memorandum, Biographical Sketches of Nominees for the General Advisory Committee

CONANT, James Bryant, 23rd president of Harvard Univ.; b. Dorchester, Mass., Mar. 26, 1893; S. James Scott and Jennett Orr (Bryant) C.; A.B., Harvard, 1913, Ph.D., 1916; LL.D. U. of Chicago, 1933, New York U., 1934, Princeton U., 1934, Yale, 1934, Amherst, 1935, College of Charles- ton, 1935, College of William and Mary, 1936, Williams, 1938, Dart- mouth, 1938, Tulane, 1939, U. of Calif., 1940, U. of Pennsylvania, 1940, Bristol Univ. (England), 1941; L.H.D., Boston U., 1934, Tufts Coll., 1934, Sc.D., Columbia U., 1934, Stevens Inst., 1934, U. of Wis., 1935; Cambridge Univ. (England), 1941; D.C.L., Oxford U. (England), 1936; m. Grace Thayer Richards, Apr. 17, 1921; children -- James Richards, Theodore Richards. Instr. in chemistry, Harvard, 1916-17, asst. prof., TRICALAN 1919-25, assoc. prof., 1925-27, prof., 1927-29, Sheldon Emery prof. of organic chemistry, 1929-33, chmn. dept. chemistry, 1931-33; elected pres. Harvard Univ., June 21, 1933; visiting lecturer Summer Sch., SENNOS Kgs U. of California, 1924; research asso. Calif. Inst. Tech., 1927. chmn. National Defense Research Committee, 1941; mem. Ednl. Policies Commission, 1941. Member board scientific directors Rockefeller Institute since 1930. Honorary fellow Emmanuel Coll., Cambridge. Served as lt. Sanitary Corps, U. S. Army, 1917; maj. Chem. Warfare Service, 1918. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Am. Philos. Society, Nat. Acad. of Sciences, Imperial Academy of Science (Halle), Royal Soc. (England), Royal Soc. of Edinburgh, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Author: Organic Chemistry, 1928; The Chemistry of Organic Compounds, 1933 (revised edition 1939) Our Fighting Faith, 1942; Practical Chemistry (with N. H. Black), 1920. Editor Vols. II and IX, Organic Synthesis. Home: 11 Quincy St. Address: Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. DuBRIDGE, Lee A(lvin), prof. physics; b. Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 21, 1901; S. Frederick Alvin and Elizabeth Rebecca (Browne) DuB. ; A.B., Cornell Coll., Ia., 1922, Sc.D., 1940; A.M., U. of Wis., 1924, Ph.D., 1926; m. Doris May Koht, Sept. 1, 1925; children --- Barbara Lee, Richard Alvin. Asst. in physics, U. of Wis. 1922-25, instr., 1925-26; fellow Nat. Research Council at Calif. Inst. Tech., 1926-28; asst. prof. of physics, Washington U., St. Louis, 1928-33, assoc. prof. 1933-34; prof. of physics, U. of Rochester, since 1934, dean faculty arts and science, 1938-41; investigator, National Defense Research Committee (Mass. Institute of Technology), since 1940. Fellow American Physical Society, American Institute of Radio Engrs.; member National Academy Science, American Philosophical Society, A.A.A.S., Optical Soc. America, Assn. Am. Physics Teachers, Nat. Research Council (since 1936), Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Kappa Alpha, Presbyterian. Club: Pundit (Rochester). Author: Photoelectric Phenomena (with A. L. Hughes), 1932; New Theories of Photoelectric Effect, 1935. Contbr. numerous articles on electron emission, nuclear physics, etc., to physics jours. Home: 146 Chelmsford Rd., Rochester, N.Y.; (temp.) 43 Lincoln St., Belmont, Massachusetts.