Compton, Arthur Holly (09/10/1892-03/15/1962)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Physicist
  • Number of Terms: 3

Subject

  • Compton, Arthur Holly
  • Board of Regents
  • Citizen Regent

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

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Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Regent type

Citizen

State

Illinois until 1945, then Missouri

Short Legal Citation

  • 52 Stat. 776 (1938), ch. 521
  • 58 Stat. 751 (1944), ch. 424
  • 64 Stat. 872 (1950), ch. 959
  • 71 Stat. 6 (1957), P.L. No. 85-8

Notes

American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; Nobel Prize Winners. Edited by Tyler Wasson. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1987; The World Almanac Biographical Dictionary. By the editors of "The World Almanac." New York: World Almanac, 1990.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 06/20/1938-09/20/1956; 03/14/1957-03/15/1962

Topic

  • Physicists
  • Regents
  • Missouri

Place

  • Illinois
  • Missouri

Form/Genre

Biographies

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