Lee Alvin DuBridge

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Lee Alvin DuBridge

Physics

#804

World Rank

#1300

Historical Rank

#373

USA Rank

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According to Wikipedia, Lee Alvin DuBridge was an American educator and physicist, best known as president of the California Institute of Technology from 1946–1969. Background Lee Alvin DuBridge was born on , in Terre Haute, Indiana. His father was Fred DuBridge, a football coach at Indiana State Normal School. He graduated from Cornell College in 1922, and then began a teaching assignment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, from which he received an M.A. degree in 1924 and a Ph.D. in 1926. DuBridge continued his academic work at the California Institute of Technology, as assistant, then associate professor at Washington University in St. Louis , and the University of Rochester.

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Lee Alvin DuBridge's Published Works

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Theory of the energy distribution of photoelectrons (1933) (142)
An Improved d.c. Amplifying Circuit (1933) (94)
A Further Experimental Test of Fowler's Theory of Photoelectric Emission (1932) (67)
Private Higher Education (1964) (42)
The amplification of small direct currents (1931) (29)
Photoelectric and thermionic properties of palladium (1932) (28)
The Photoelectric and Thermionic Work Functions of Outgassed Platinum (1928) (28)
Electron emission into dielectric liquids (1940) (27)
The Future of University Research (1969) (26)
Proton Induced Radioactivities (1938) (25)
The Thermionic and Photoelectric Work Functions of Molybdenum (1932) (23)
New theories of the photoelectric effect (1935) (22)
Introduction to space (1960) (16)
The absolute photoelectric yields of Mg, Be and Na (1937) (15)
Radioactive isotopes of Sr, Y and Zr (1940) (14)
The Effect of Temperature on the Energy Distribution of Photoelectrons. I. Normal Energies (1933) (14)
The thermionic emission from clean platinum (1928) (12)
The photoelectric properties of thoroughly outgassed platinum (1927) (11)
Optical Rotation of Unpolarized Light (1934) (8)
Proton induced radioactivity in oxygen (1937) (8)
Adventures in Science (1958) (7)
A radioactive isomer of Sr87 (1939) (7)
Scientific Manpower (1952) (6)
What is a Security Risk (1955) (6)
Systematic Variations of the Constant A in Thermionic Emission. (1928) (6)
Educating Scientists and Engineers (1956) (5)
University basic research. (1967) (4)
The Effects of World War II on the Science of Physics (1949) (4)
Science serves society. (1969) (4)
National Science Foundation Act (1950) (4)
Science, Technology, and Education (1961) (4)
Science and National Security. (1954) (4)
The physics of solids (1938) (4)
Electron Emission from Metal Surfaces (1948) (3)
America's Resources of Specialized Talent . A current appraisal and a look ahead. Report of the Commission on Human Resources and Advanced Training; Dael Wolfle, director. Harper, New York, 1954. xvii+ 332 pp. Illus. $4. (1955) (3)
Education and Research (1963) (3)
Letter to the Alumni (1948) (3)
The Challenge of Sputnik (1958) (3)
The Air Pollution Problem (1955) (2)
R. A. Millikan and the California Institute of Technology (1948) (2)
Proton-Induced Radioactivity in Heavy Nuclei (1937) (2)
Positive rays produced by ultra-violet light (1925) (2)
Comments on the Paper by R. T. Birge “On the Nature of Unpolarized Light” (1935) (2)
A report by the AEC General Advisory Committee (1952) (2)
History and Activities of the Radiation Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1946) (2)
Decisionmaking in the Nuclear Age (1962) (2)
National Science Foundation--A Peril or a Hope? (1948) (1)
Science--the Endless Adventure (1957) (1)
Knowledge and the humane society. (1970) (1)
The Inquiring Mind (1954) (1)
Variations in the Photo-Electric Sensitivity of Platinum. (1926) (1)
Modern Arms and Free Men (1950) (1)
Some Aspects of Nuclear Physics of Possible Interest in Biological Work (1938) (1)
The Importance of Space (1960) (1)
The American Scientist: 1955 (1955) (1)
Frontiers of knowledge; seventy-five years at the California Institute of Technology (1967) (1)
The goals of University research (1954) (1)
The Challenge of Science and Technology (1950) (1)
Scientists and Engineers: Quantity plus Quality. (1956) (1)
Fun in Space (1960) (1)
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY -- AND MEN (1955) (1)
Twenty-five years of the National Science Foundation. (1977) (1)
Research: Vexatious Issues between Government and University. (1967) (1)
Some Aspects of the Electron Theory of Solids (1939) (1)
Science and a national policy. (1946) (1)
Policy and the Scientists (1963) (1)
Interview with Lee A. DuBridge, Part I (2003) (0)
Problems of Financing Research at a Private University (1959) (0)
CHICAGO: The Social Control of Science and Its Applications (1969) (0)
Letter from Lee A. DuBridge to Joshua Lederberg (1958) (0)
California and the Space Age (1963) (0)
Investing in Research (1954) (0)
Can success be the cause of failure? (1968) (0)
An informal history of the California Institute of Technology : [pictorial highlights, 1891-1966] (1966) (0)
Physicists in California (1953) (0)
The Golden Age— or the Ice Age? (1967) (0)
Things We Do Not Know (1956) (0)
Science and Politics (1972) (0)
Research Overhead. (1960) (0)
Science and Liberal Education (1951) (0)
The Best Is None Too Good (1957) (0)
A Development Program for the California Institute of Technology (1958) (0)
Dedication of the Palomar Observatory and the Hale Telescope (1948) (0)
The Challenge of the Space Age (1958) (0)
The Shape of the Future (1962) (0)
The Values of Science (1962) (0)
Federal research problems. (1969) (0)
Letter from Lee A. DuBridge to W. A. Fowler, Max Mason, Linus Pauling, and Bruce Sage (1948) (0)
The Fight for Freedom (1950) (0)
Science advice to the president: Important and difficult (1980) (0)
Some Dilemmas in Science (1977) (0)
Why Another Cyclotron (1949) (0)
DuBridge Discusses Defense R & D (1969) (0)
Robert Andrews Millikan: 1868-1953. (1954) (0)
Science and the Nation: Policy and Politics (1962) (0)
The Teaching Profession--Forty Years of Change (1965) (0)
Palomar--Dedication of the Observatory (1948) (0)
Toward New Horizons. Volume 11. Radar and Communications (1946) (0)
Annual Report to the Board Of Trustees, 1951-1952 : Comprising the Reports of the President, the Secretary, Comptroller, and Other Administrative Officers (1950) (0)
LITTLE THINKERS: Basic Research (1964) (0)
The Athenaeum - Fifty Years Young (1980) (0)
Knowledge and the Humane Society (1970) (0)
Students and the Draft (1951) (0)
Our Best Freshmen Are Getting Better (1962) (0)
The Institute and the Alumni (1947) (0)
Rocketed to success (1983) (0)
The Science Foundation (1950) (0)
The Role of Large Laboratories in Nuclear Research (1946) (0)
A Tribute to Albert Einstein (1955) (0)
The Role of Science in Human Welfare (1952) (0)
Areas of New Knowledge (1965) (0)
The Kelly Committee Report… a summary (1953) (0)
The Future of Atomic Energy (1947) (0)
Science and Government: ► Government research laboratories under military or civil service control should be transferred to private management contracts. Those under private management" have been most brilliantly productive (1953) (0)
Science: A Liberating Art (1961) (0)
Industry's Stake in Scientific Research (1953) (0)
The Exploration of Outer Space (1959) (0)
Explorers and Creators (1953) (0)
President's Report (1953) (0)
The State of the Institute (1949) (0)
The Investment We Cannot Afford Not to Make (1968) (0)
Science and Politics (1972) (0)
Comments on Dr. Bridgman's Article (1948) (0)
Letter to the editor. (1967) (0)
The Buildings Caltech Needs (1958) (0)
Letters to the editor. (1972) (0)
[Radiation Laboratory series] Index (1953) (0)
The Government Role in Science Education (1966) (0)
New Opportunities in Public Broadcasting. (1969) (0)
DuBridge Discusses Basic Science (1970) (0)
AEC Advisory Committee Statement on Fellowships (1949) (0)
National Science Foundation—A Peril or a Hope? (1948) (0)
Lehman Award Address: SCIENCE AND SOCIETY*† (1970) (0)
An Experiment Worth Trying (1968) (0)
Views on the Alumni Fund (1947) (0)
Hornig's Accomplishments (1969) (0)
Science and the Spirit of Freedom (1950) (0)

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