Houston, W.V. (William
Vermillion), 1900-
William V. Houston Personal
Papers,
1925-1968
141 linear inches
MS 426
Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice
University Materials are in English.
The William V. Houston Personal Papers document
Houston's personal life and academic career beginning with his university
education at Ohio State and Chicago in 1925, and continuing with his studies in
Munich and Leipzig during 1927 and 1928 and his work at the California
Institute of Technology from 1928 until he accepted the presidency of Rice
Institute in 1946.
Biographical Note
William Vermillion Houston was born in Mount Giliad, Ohio, on January
19, 1900. He received a B.A. in physics and a B.S. in education from Ohio State
University in 1920. In 1922, he received an M.S. degree from the University of
Chicago, and in 1925 he received a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Houston
then went on to study in Germany on a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1927, assisting
Warner Heisenberg and others in the development of quantum theory. Later,
Houston was a National Research Fellow at the California Institute of
Technology.
Dr. Houston was named the second president of the Rice Institute in 1946
after nineteen years on the faculty of the Californian Institute of Technology.
When he arrived at Rice, Houston served as both President and a professor of
physics. He greatly expanded graduate study and research throughout the
Institute. He recognized the value of humanities in making the complete student
and he initiated a five-year engineering program under which students took
courses in humanities before taking specialized engineering courses. Finally,
he established the residential college system. Houston retired in 1961 and was
appointed an honorary chancellor of the University [renamed Rice University
July 1, 1960], but continued to teach one graduate course, counsel graduate
students and conduct research until his death.
Houston made pioneering efforts in the fields of atomic spectroscopy and
solid state theory. He was the author of two books: Principles of Mathematical Physics (1934) and
Principles of Quantum Mechanics (1951). In
addition to these books, Houston wrote dozens of numerous scientific
articles.
The United States Navy awarded Houston its Medal of Merit for directing
development, during World War II, of the first homing torpedo and for
supervising scientific studies that helped improve United States weapon
effectiveness in the area of undersea warfare. Houston also served on several
national subcommittees to investigate the United States missile and satellite
programs, United States atomic energy, and to explore the how the United States
could help reorganize the postwar Japanese scientific community.
In addition to his academic career and his consulting for various
government agencies and national subcommittees, Houston served on several
scientific professional organizations. After having been a Fellow of the
American Physical Society for many years, Houston was elected its president in
1962. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American
Philosophical Society, the National Science Board and served as a trustee of
the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
After retirement from Rice, Houston wintered in the city of Houston,
summering in California. He continued his civic leadership and remained active
in many community affairs. While on the first of several stops to meet with
physicists in Europe, Houston died in Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 22, 1968.
He had been attending the 111th International Conference on Low-temperature
Physics at St. Andrew's University.
Scope and Contents
The William V. Houston [Houston, W. V. (William Vermillion), 1900-]
Personal Papers document Houston's personal life and academic career beginning
with his university education at Ohio State and Chicago in 1925, and continuing
with his studies in Munich and Leipzig during 1927 and 1928 and his work at the
California Institute of Technology from 1928 until he accepted the presidency
of Rice Institute in 1946. Houston accepted the position at Rice with the
proviso that he could continue both teaching and research in physics. He
retired as President of the University in 1961 and accepted the position of
president of The American Physical Society in 1962. Houston's major research
interests were in the fields of spectroscopy, theory of solid state, quantum
mechanics and superconductivity.
The Houston Personal Papers, made up of correspondence, notebooks,
notes, appointment books, clippings and various printed materials and totaling
eleven feet 9 inches, are arranged in five series.
Arrangement
The William V. Houston Personal Papers are arranged in five series:
- Series I: Biographical, 1925-1968. 35 inches (4 1/4 document
boxes).
- Series II: Academic Career, 1926-1968. 29 inches (3 3/4 document
boxes).
- Series III: Correspondence, 1927-1968, 28 inches (3 1/3 document
boxes)
- Series IV: Government Agency Work, 1947-1952 24 inches (3 1/3
document boxes)
- Series V: Speeches, 1941-1965, 25 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Houston, W.V. (William
Vermillion), 1900- - Correspondence.
Subjects (Organizations)
Rice
University-Presidents.
Ohio State University -
Alumni and Alumnae.
Subjects
Mathematical
physics.
Atomic
spectroscopy.
Physics - Study and
teaching.
Solid state
physics-research.
Formats
Correspondence.
Speeches.
Examinations.
Reports.
Preferred Citation
William V. Houston Personal Papers, 1925-1968, MS 426, Woodson Research
Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
Acquisition Information
The Papers were a gift of Mildred Houston in 1968, 1969, and 1996.
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Student papers and grades may not be photocopied.
Permission to
publish from these papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center,
Fondren Library, Rice University.
Processing InformationMinutes, reports and other
organizational publications were removed from the folders Memberships on Boards
and Committees, within the series Biographical, as they reflected the records
of the various organizations and were not annotated by Dr. Houston.
There
are two arrangements in the Correspondence series, the first is alphabetical
which reflects Houston's filing scheme. The second arrangement is chronological
which reflects the processing archivist's filing of stray or individual
letters.
Processed by Steve Johns, Intern.
Detailed Description of the Collection
1-5
Series I: Biographical,
1925-1968,
35 inches (4 1/4 document boxes).
Arranged alphabetically. This series includes personal
information about Houston, including his vita, awards received, correspondence,
and his activities while serving on personal and scientific committees and
organizations. Also included are records of Dr. Houston's student days, his
Guggenheim Fellowship and his vita.
Also present are awards, appointment books, correspondence about
community issues and membership dues, copies of his dissertation, a few
financial records and details of his memberships on boards and committees.
Houston was active on five science foundations and boards as well as several
community oriented committees. He served on the Committee on Houston's Future
and the Houston Symphony Society, as well as the International Union of Pure
and Applied Physics, the National Academy of Science and the National Science
Foundation.
1 1
Biographical Sketches,
1951, 1955, 1958, 1962, n.d.
1 2
Awards, Honors, Honorary Degrees
1
Appointment Books,
1 3
1949 - 1950
1 4
1950 - 1951
1 5
Clippings,
1949 - 1989
1 6
Correspondence, general
1 7
Corresp. re: Community Issues,
1949, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1960,
1965
1 8
Corresp. re: Dues and Donations
1 9
Guggenheim Fellowship Paperwork,
1927
1 10
National Research Fellowship in Physics, Chemistry, and
Mathematics,
1925, 1926
1 11
Death,
1968-1969
1 12
Masters and Ph.D. Dissertations,
1922, 1925
1 13
Ph.D. Dissertation, Submitted for Publication,
1925
1
Financial Records
1 14
Correspondence,
1929, 1956-1937, 1942, 1957-60
1 15
Ledger,
1955-1957
1 16
Tax Returns,
1930-1939
1 16a
Inauguration as President of Rice Institute,
1946
Memberships on Boards and Committees
American Association of Physics Teachers
1 17
Correspondence,
1959-1963
1 18
Correspondence,
1964-1968
American Institute of Physics
1 19
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1952-1961
1 20
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1962-1968
1 21
Annual Meetings,
1961, 1962
1 22
Printed Material,
1958, 1961-1963
American Physical Society
2 1
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1950-1960
2 2
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1961
2 3
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1962
2 4
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1963-1964
2 5
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1965
2 6
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1962-1968
2 7
Correspondence regarding Meeting at Rice,
1951
2 8
Correspondence with Karl Darrow,
1962
2 9
Correspondence with Karl Darrow,
1962-1963
2 10
Committee on the Character of American Physical
Society Meetings,
1961-1963
Committee on Houston's Future
Library Subcommittee
3
1
Correspondence,
1954
3
2
Reports,
1954
Fact Finding Committee, Transit Strike
3
3
Correspondence, Findings, Agreements,
1950
3
4
Statistical Studies
3
5-6
Hearings
Mayor's Citizen Advisory Committee
3 7
Health-Hospital Subcommittee,
1954
3 8
Houston Committee on Foreign Relations,
1946-1949
3 9
Houston Symphony Society,
1949-1960
International Union of Pure and Applied
Physics
3 10
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1953-1968
3 11
International General Assembly, London,
1954
3 12
International General Assembly, Warsaw,
1963
3 13
International General Assembly, Basel,
1966
3 14
Printed Material,
1952, 1955, 1966, 1968
National Academy of Sciences
3 15
General Correspondence and Memoranda,
1943-1961
4 1
General Correspondence and Memoranda,
1962-1964
4 2
General Correspondence and Memoranda,
1965-1968
4 3
Printed Material
4 4
Committee on Nominations, Correspondence,
1962-1964
4 5
Committee on Nominations, Reports,
1962-1964
4 6
Class I Committee,
1965-1968
4 7
Committee on the Endowment, Correspondence,
1965-1966
National Research Council, Committee on Undersea
Warfare
4
8
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1946-1949
4
9
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1950-1954
4
10
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1955-1958
4
11
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1959-1967
4
12
Travel,
1957-1961
4
13
Weapons Panel,
1949
4
14
Air Research and Development Command Woods Hole
Committee,
1958
National Science Foundation
4 15
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1951-1964
4 16
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1965-1968
5 1
Advisory Panel for Physics,
1953-1960
5 2
Conference on Low Temp. Chemistry and Physics,
1955
4 3
Travel and Expense,
1959-1963
National Science Board
4 4
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1964-1965
4 5
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1959-1963
4 6
Group Photographs
4 7
Group Photograph, Unidentified,
n.d.
5-9
Series II: Academic Career,
1926-1968,
29 inches (3 3/4 document boxes).
Arranged alphabetically in five sub-series: Department
of Physics, Graduate Students, Teaching, Publications and Research. Information
from Houston's teaching career and his research is located in this series.
This series includes exams, grade books, lectures, Physics problems,
and student papers from Dr. Houston's days with California Institute of
Technology and Rice Institute. Also included in this series are notes and
drafts from Houston's two books -- Principles of
Mathematical Physics, 1934 and Principles of
Quantum Mechanics, 1951, as well as copies of articles he published.
Correspondence (located in the Correspondence series) between Houston and
several publishers suggest that Houston was working on a book on solid state
physics. Finally in this series, there are Houston's research notebooks.
5
Subseries A: Department of Physics
5 8
Rice Physics Department Correspondence,
1961-1968
Subseries B: Graduate Students
5 9
California Institute of Technology and Rice, Graduate
Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows,
1933-1968
Subseries C: Teaching
5 10
Physics Examinations, California Institute of
Technology,
1930-1941
5 11
Rice Physics 400 Exams,
1965-1966
5 12
Rice Physics 520 Exams,
1965-1968
5 13
Rice Physics 560-600 Exams,
1964-1965
5 14
Physics 565 Lecture Notes,
1948-1949
5 15
Grade Books,
1948-1953
5 16
Grade Books,
1953-1959
5 17
Grade Books,
1959-1966
5 18
Grade Books,
1966-1968
Lectures
5 19
Dihedral Group,
1959
5 20
Solid State Theory,
1965
5 21
Photoelectric Effect, Laws of Conservation,
n.d.
5 22
Lecture Notes,
n.d.
5 23
Lecture Notes,
n.d.
5 24
Lecture/Research Notes,
n.d.
6 1
Lecture Notes,
n.d.
6 2
Lecture Notes,
n.d.
Note Cards
6 3
Physics Problems. Physics Articles,
n.d.
6 4
Physics Problems,
n.d.
6 5
Physics Problems,
n.d.
6 6
Physics Problems, Topics, Articles,
n.d.
6 7
Subjects, Articles, Books,
n.d.
6 8
Physics Topics, Definitions, Equations,
n.d.
6 9
Physics Lecture Slides
6 10
Student Projects and Papers,
1949
6 11
Student Projects and Papers,
1959, n.d.
Subseries D: Publications
7 1
Publications
7 2-4
Chapter Drafts.
Principles of Mathematical
Physics
7 5-7
Notes and Chapter Drafts.
Principles of Quantum
Mechanics
7 8
Draft Titled
Wave Mechanics. Possible
Draft of Chapter 3 of
Principles of Quantum
Mechanics
7 9
Possible Chapter Drafts, Proposed Book on Solid State
Physics
7 10
Reprints of Journal Articles,
1926-1939
7 11
Reprints of Journal Articles,
1940-1967, n.d.
7 12-14
Essays, California Institute of Technology,
ca. 1930-1940
7 15
Essays, Rice Institute,
ca. 1946-1963
8 1
Essays,
n.d.
8 2
Essays on Quantum Theory,
n.d.
Subseries E: Research
8 3
Notes on various physics topics
8 4
Neutron Capture and Nuclear
Constitution, Niels Bohr.
On the Question of Measurability of
Electromagnetic Field Quantities, N. Bohr and L. Rosenfeld,
n.d.
Research Notebooks
8 5
The Density Matrix,
1965
8 6
Quantum Mechanics,
1961
8 7
Superconductivity,
1961, n.d.
8 8
1927, n.d.
8 9
1948, n.d.
8 10
1964, 1969
8 11
n.d.
9 1
n.d.
Series III: Correspondence,
1927-1968,
28 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)
Arranged alphabetically in two sub-series: Alphabetical
and Chronological. This series contains the bulk of Houston's correspondence
and includes some personal, but mostly academic and professional correspondence
to and from scientists, organizations, societies, committees, government
agencies and publishers. Most of his correspondence regarding memberships on
committees and boards is located in the Membership materials in the
Biographical Series.
Subseries A: Alphabetical
9 2
Alpheus Smith Lectures (Harold Nielsen - Ohio
State)
9 3
American Association for the Advancement of
Science
9 4
American Philosophical Society
9 5
Anderson, Carl
9 6
Birge, Raymond
9 7
Bloch, F.
9 8
Bohr, Niels/Margrethe
9 9
Bonner, Tom
9 10
California Institute of Technology
9 11
Campbell, J. Stuart
9 12
Carroll, Kieth
9 13
Congressional Committees
9 14
Cosmos Club
9 15
Davis, Leverett
9 16
Dover Publications
9 17
Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists
9 18
Encyclopedia Britannica
9 19
Encyclopedia Americana
9 20
Evans, Griffith C.
9 21
Finkelnburg, Wolfgang
9 22
Ford Foundation
9 23
General Electric - Betatron
9 24
Gibbs, R. C.
9 25
Harnwell, G. P.
9 26
Heisenberg, Werner
9 27
Hsueh, C. W.
9 28
Hughes Prize
9 29
International Geophysical Year,
(1957-1958)
9 30
Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of
Technology
9 31
Kent, Norton
10 1
Lane, Eric
10 2
Lee, Ching Tsung
10 3
Low Temperature Physics Conference, Paris,
1955
10 4
Low Temperature Physics Conference, Scotland,
1968
10 5
Mandelbrojt, Szolem
10 6
Marshall, Bill
10 7
Marshall Plan, Committee for the
10 8
McAshan, Michael
10 9
McGraw-Hill Book Company
10 10
Millikan, Robert A.
10 11
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10 12
Naval Ordnance Test Station
10 13
NASA Grant G-6-59
10 14
NIH National Institutes of Health
10 15
Ohio State University
10 16
Oklahoma, University of
10 17
Operations Research Office, John Hopkins
University
10 18
Oakridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
10 19
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
10 20
Pauli Exclusion Principle
10 21
Pergamon Press
10 22
Phi Beta Kappa
10 23
Phillips, G. C.
10 24
Philosophical Society of Texas
10 25
Physical Review,
1951-1967
10 26
Physics Today
10 27
Publishers, Miscellaneous,
1950-1965
10 28
Recommendations/Evaluations,
1948-1964
10 29
Recommendations/Evaluations,
1965-1968
11 1
Reviews of Books and Articles
11 2
Richtmyer, F. K.
11 3
The Rockefeller Institute and Rockefeller
University
11 4
Royal Society of Arts. London, England
11 5
Scholarship Committee. Schlumberger Corp.,
1961-1968
11 6
Scientific Research Society of America
11 7
Scientists' Committee on Loyalty Problems
11 8
Sloan Foundation,
1959-1964
11 9
Smith, Alpheus W.
11 10
Smith, D. R.
11 11
Sommerfeld, Arnold
11 12
Sources - History of Quantum Mechanics
11 13
Southwest Research Institute,
(1962-1967)
11 14
Stratton, S. W.
11 15
Takamine, T.
11 16
Taylor, Henry R.
11 17
Teller, Edward
11 18
Thermodynamic Temperature Scale,
(1953-1954)
11 19
Senator Tower, John
11 20
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission,
(1946-1949)
11 21
University of Chicago Press
11 22
United States Military Academy Board of
Visitors
11 23
United States Military Academy Curriculum Review,
(1958-1959)
11 24
Vallarta, Manuel S.
11 25
Webster, D. C.
11 26
Western Reserve University,
(1946-1947)
11 27
Wigner, Eugene
11 28
Wilson, H. A.
Subseries B: Chronological
11 29
1927-1937
11 30
1938-1945
11 31
1946-1955
12 1
1956-1958
12 2
1959-1961
12 3
1962
12 4
1963-1964
12 5
1965-1966
12 6
1967-1968
12 7
n.d.
Series IV: Government Agency Work,
1947-1952,
24 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)
Arranged alphabetically into six series: Department of
Defense, Hermes A-3 Missile Project, Naval Research Laboratory, Office of
Scientific Research & Development, Reports, and Scientific Advisory Group.
This series encompasses Houston's research and consulting for various
government projects and includes reports, essays, letters, photographs, diaries
and scientific essay reprints from various Japanese scientists.
While working under the auspices of the Office of Scientific
Research & Development, Houston worked at Columbia University researching
homing devices for torpedoes and other such underwater warfare devices. Due to
the classified nature of this research, the bulk of the records in this
collection pertain to Houston's continued involvement with this group after
World War II and his return to California Institute of Technology. Also while
working for the Office of Scientific Research & Development he worked on
issues of atomic energy. Houston worked with The Scientific Advisory Group in
July and August of 1947. This group, made up of six American scientists, was
sent to Japan to make recommendations on the reorganization of the postwar
Japanese scientific community.
Subseries A: Department of Defense, Research and
Development Board
12 8
July 1947 - March
1948
12 9
April 1948
12 10
May 1948 - July
1948
12 11
August 1948 - December
1948
12 12
January 1949 - August
1949
12 13
September - December
1949
12 14
1950
12 15
Printed Material,
1947-1949
13 1
Subseries B: Hermes A-3 Missile Project,
1952-1953
Subseries C: Naval Research Laboratory
13 2
Naval Research Advisory Committee -
Synchroton
13 3
Synchroton (Linear High Energy Accelerator)
Proposal
Subseries D: Office of Scientific Research &
Development, National Defense Research Committee
13 4
Columbia University Division of War Research
13 5
Contract OEM SP - 471 for Research on Atomic
Energy
13 6
Section 16.1 for Optics Research
Subseries E: Reports
13 7
Atomic Energy for Military Purposes
13 8
Development and Use of Atomic Energy
Subseries F: Scientific Advisory Group
139
Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) Mission
13 10
Official Report
13 11
Correspondence
13 12
Diary
13 13
Expenses
13 14
Visit to The Institute of Physical and Chemical
Research
13 15-16
Visit to Keio University
13 17
Visit to Kyoto University
14 1
Visit to Kyushu University
14 2
Visit to Nagoya University
14 3
Visit to Osaka University; Dr. Masao Sawada; Chemical
Laboratory;
14 4
Institute of Scientific and Industrial
Research
14 5
Visit to Tokyo University
14 6
Visit to Waseda University
14 7
Other Institutions
14 8
Recommendations from Japanese Sources
14 9
Recommendations from National Research Council of
Japan
14 10
Photographs, official
14 11
Photographs, alpha-numeric numbered
14 12
Photographs from W. D. Coolidge
14 13
Japan - film
Printed Material
14 14
Articles, Pamphlets
14 15
Autobiography of Dr. Fukuzawa
Yukichi
14 16
Business Cards
14 17
Maps
14 18
Reports
15 1
Travel Guides
15
2
Guide to Japan
15
3
Hiroshima, Nagaya, Nagasaki
15
4
How to See…
15
5
Japan: The Pocket
Guide
15
6
We Japanese vol. 1
15
7
We Japanese vol. 2
15 8
Reprints
15
9
Naoto Kameyama
15
10
Kiichi Kimura
15
11
Kohei Kojima
15
12
Jiro Muto
15
13
Toshinosuke Muto
15
14
Von Takeo Nagamiya
15
15
Otohiko Nomoto
15
16
Mituro Sato
15 17
Reprints and Progress Reports by Isamu Nitta and
Tokunosuke Watanabe
Series V: Speeches,
1941-1965,
25 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)
Arranged chronologically. Includes both his speeches to
the academic and professional organizations he was involved with, as well as to
civic organizations. The materials reflect Houston's ability to speak to the
scientific, public or academic communities, often times about the same subject,
but gearing the language to the appropriate level. He was often invited to
speak to the public on general science or physics topics, as well as delivering
formal papers to fellow scientists.
15 18
On Newton and Galileo. University of the Redlands.
Redlands, CA,
1941
15 19
Chamber of Commerce Dinner,
18 April 1946
15 20
Commencement. California Institute of Technology,
21 June 1946
15 21
Commencement. University of Texas,
24 June 1946
15 22
The Purpose of a College, Women
of Rotary,
10 October 1946
15 23
San Jacinto Chapter of Texas Society of Professional
Engineers,
14 October 1946
15 24
Committee on International Relations,
8 November 1946
15 25
The Purpose of a College,
Kiwanis Club,
13 November 1946
15 26
Science Teachers of Texas State Teachers Association,
12 November 1946
15 27
Influence of Science on
History,
8 December 1946
15 28
Southeastern Texas Division American Chemical Society,
6 March 1947
15 29
Contributions of Physics to
Philosophy, Houston Philosophical Society,
17 April 1947
15 30
Commencement. University of Houston,
29 May 1947
15 31
Can Engineering Be Taught in
College, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland Ohio,
2 July 1947
15 32
American Physical Society,
28 November 1947
16 1
The Faculty Member and the
Community, Local Chapter of American Association of University
Professors,
4 December 1947
16 2
Can Engineering Be Taught in
College, Texas Society of Professional Engineers,
16 January 1948
16 3
Atomic Motions of Solid Bodies,
University of Texas Chapter of Sigma Chi,
10 February 1948
16 4
Report on the Committee on Basic Physical Sciences.
Houston Chamber of Commerce,
20 February 1948
16 5
Address to Faculty and Graduate Students. Texas A&M
College,
9 March 1948
16 6
Some Observations in Occupied
Japan, University of Kentucky Phi Beta Kappa,
12 March 1948
16 7
Education and Service,
Dedication of St. John's School,
10 April 1948
16 8
The Application of Group Theory to the
Normal Vibrations of a Cubic Crystal,
23-24 April 1948
16 9
Science and National Defense,
Dedication of the Variable Angle Launcher. San Gabriel Canyon, CA,
7 May 1948
16 10
Graduation Address. Kinkaid School,
21 May 1948
16 11
Is Engineering a University
Subject? American Society for Engineering Education,
17 June 1948
16 12
25th Anniversary of the Naval Research Laboratory.
Washington, D.C.,
2 July 1948
16 13
Dedication of Synthetic Glycerine. Plant of Shell Chemical
Col. Deer Park, TX,
16 September 1948
16 14
Engineering Education. American Society of Electrical
Engineers,
8 December 1948
16 15
John McKnitt Alexander Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution,
11 December 1948
16 16
Address to Palmer Memorial Church,
18 January 1949
16 17
Remarks to Scandinavian Club,
21 February 1949
16 18
National Academy of Sciences. Washington D.C.,
25-27 April 1949
16 19
What Is a Professional
Education, Certified Public Accountants Meeting,
18 May 1949
16 20
4001st Research and Development Group. Reserve Army
Officers,
23 May 1949
16 21
Commencement Address. Louisiana State University,
4 June 1949
16 22
Commencement Address. Baylor University College of
Medicine,
13 June 1949
16 23
Address to the Insurance Underwriters,
17 June 1949
16 24
Physics in the University,
Tulane University,
26 October 1949
16 25
Physics and Physicists,
University of Oklahoma,
2 November 1949
16 26
Tau Beta Pi Chapter. A&M College,
16 November 1949
16 27
Frontiers in Physics. Sigma XI Club Installation.
University of Houston,
1 December 1949
16 28
What Physicists Are Doing,
Texas Academy of Science. Rice Campus,
2 December 1949
16 29
Grace Methodist Church Supper. Baytown, TX,
14 December 1949
16 30
Engineering and Education. American Institute of Chemical
Engineers,
28 February 1950
16 31
Address to Delphian. Past Presidents Group,
14 April 1950
16 32
Ponderomotive Forces on
Superconductors, American Philosophical Society,
21 April 1950
16 33
National Academy of Sciences. Washington D.C.,
24-26 April 1950
16 34
American Physical Society. Washington D.C.,
29 April 1950
16 35
Commencement Address. San Jacinto High School Auditorium,
2 June 1950
16 36
Commencement Address. Southwestern Medical School of the
University of Texas,
5 June 1950
16 37
Electrical and Magnetic Forces on Superconductivity.
Mexico City,
22-24 June 1950
16 38
American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
19 October 1950
16 39
Superconductivity. Dedication of Physics Building,
University of Alabama,
6 November 1950
17 1
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
27 December 1950
17 2
Introductions at Great Books Foundation Meeting,
December 1950
17 3
Engineers Council. Symposium on Education at College
Level,
1950
17 4
Electrical and Magnetic Forces on Superconductors.
American Philosophical Society,
1950
17 5
Physics - Ben Franklin Series. University of Pennsylvania,
15 February 1951
17 6
International Contacts in
Education,
20 February 1951
17 7
Address on Manpower,
23 February 1951
17 8
Address to Education Committee,
18 April 1951
17 9
Installation of Sigma Chi Chapter,
9 May 1951
17 10
Commencement Address. South Texas College,
4 June 1951
17 11
Dedication of New Physics Lab,
11 June 1951
17 12
The Influence of Science on
History,
18 June 1951
17 13
After Dinner Speech on Research. American Physical Society
Meeting,
30 November 1951
17 14
Installation - San Antonio Chapter of the Scientific
Research Society of America,
7 March 1952
17 15
American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dinner Meeting,
13 March 1952
17 16
Houston Junior League,
1 April 1952
17 17
Texas Society of Professional Engineers,
18 April 1952
17 18
Commencement Addresses, Lamar High School,
29 May 1952; St. John's High School,
30 May 1952
17 19
Address to Public School Teachers,
6 September 1952
17 20
Opening of Economic Mobilization School,
22 September 1952
17 21
Creative Engineering. Houston Chapter of A.I.E.E.,
24 September 1952
17 22
Why Universities,
8 January 1953
17 23
Address to Kiwanis on Atomic Energy,
7 January 1953
17 24
Dedication of the Nuclear Research Laboratory,
9 March 1953
17 25
Public Lecture. Louisiana State University,
7 April 1953
17 26
Remarks at Presbyterian Church,
27 September 1953
17 27
What is the Rice Institute?,
2 October 1953
17 28
Churches and Universities,
2 November 1953
17 29
What Should a Child Expect from a
University Education?,
10 November 1953
17 30
Introduction of Dr. Francis Moran,
7 December 1953
17 31
Commencement Address. St. Mary's Hall, San Antonio,
28 May 1954
17 32
General Motors Golden Carnival,
23 November 1954
17 33
Why Do You Go to School? St.
John's High School,
2 December 1954
17 34
The Forgotten Scholar,
4 February 1955
17 35
Keynote Speech. Institute of Radio Engineers,
10 February 1955
17 36
Physics in Engineering
Education,
22 June 1955
17 37
Graduation Address. Ellington Air Force Base,
9 August 1955
17 38
Objectives of Engineering
Education,
4 October 1955
17 39
Welcome to Concrete Association,
21 November 1955
17 40
Remarks at St. John's Chapel,
1 December 1955
17 41
Philosophy in the Twentieth
Century,
3 December 1955
17 42
Banquet Address - A.M.S. and M.A.A.,
28 December 1955
18 1
Award of
Engineer of the Year, Texas
Society of Professional Engineers,
24 February 1956
18 2
American Physical Society Meeting,
24-25 February
1956
18 3
Two Examples of Excellence,
University of Houston Honors Day,
9 March 1956
18 4
A Philosophy for the Twentieth
Century, Houston Philosophical Society,
15 March 1956
18 5
Remarks for the Panel at Convocation at Cooper Union,
9 October 1956
18 6
Industrial Research Laboratories Depend on Universities,
18 October 1956
18 7
Address to Kiwanis Luncheon,
31 October 1956
18 8
The Importance of Excellence,
Arts and Science Convocation, University of Missouri,
3 December 1956
18 9
Welcome to Engineering Drawing Meeting,
31 January 1957
18 10
St. John's Chapel,
6 February 1957
18 11
The Current Shortage of
Engineers, Houston Engineers Club,
14 May 1957
18 12
Science and Education in the Next
Decade, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX,
8 November 1957
18 13
Dedication of National Bank of Commerce. San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce,
16 January 1958
18 14
Speech at St. John's Chapel,
29 January 1958
18 15
The Russian Sputnik and the American
Schools, Kiwanis Club,
19 March 1958
18 16
Association of Texas Colleges,
28 March 1958
18 17
Remarks at Southwestern Assembly. Ft. Clark, TX,
19 April 1958
18 18
Commencement Address. Southwestern University,
2 June 1958
18 19
Long Hair in Industry, A.S.E.E.
Meeting,
27 January 1959
18 20
Address to Presbyterian Group on the Book of Job,
5 April 1959
18 21
Commencement Address. Lamar High School,
2 June 1959
18 22
Space Exploration and
Education, First Presbyterian Church,
11 November 1959
18 23
Annual Southwest Conference. American Physical Society,
4 March 1960
18 24
Alpheus Smith Lecture. University of Ohio,
5 April 1960
18 25
Speech to the Texas Committee on Higher Education,
11 April 1960
18 26
Commencement Address. University of Texas Medical School,
27 May 1960
18 27
Address Given at Texas Instruments Co. Dinner. Dallas, TX,
20 September 1961
18 28
Commemoration of T. W. Bonner. American Philosophical
Society,
23 February 1962
18 29
Some Observations on the Theory of Electrons and Atomic
Nuclei in Solids. NYC,
24 January 1953
18 30
Commemoration of T. W. Bonner. International Conference on
Fast Neutron Physics,
28 February 1963
18 31
Speech to a Group of Chemists,
1964
18 32
T. W. Bonner Award Presentation. American Physical
Society,
26 February 1965
18 33
Some Unsolved Problems of Atomic Physics,
n.d.