AKA Arthur Holly Compton

Born: 10-Sep-1892
Birthplace: Wooster, OH
Died: 15-Mar-1962
Location of death: Berkeley, CA
Cause of death: Stroke
Remains: Buried, Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, OH

Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Discovered the Compton Effect

Father: Elias Compton (philosophy professor, b. 8-Aug-1857, d. 2-May-1938)
Mother: Otelia Catheryne Augspurger Compton (b. 6-Feb-1858, d. 15-Dec-1944)
Brother: Karl Taylor Compton (President of MIT, b. 15-Sep-1887, d. 22-Jun-1954)
Sister: Mary Elesia Compton (religious missionary, b. 26-Apr-1889, d. 27-Jun-1961)
Brother: Wilson Martindale Compton (President of WSU, b. 15-Oct-1890, d. 7-Mar-1967)
Wife: Betty Charity McCloskey (m. 28-Jun-1916, d. 21-Nov-1980, two sons)
Son: Arthur Allen Compton (foreign service)
Son: John Joseph Compton (philosophy professor)

    High School: Wooster High School, Wooster, OH (1909)
    University: BS, College of Wooster (1913)
    University: MA, Princeton University (1914)
    University: PhD, Princeton University (1916)
    Professor: University of Minnesota (1916-17)
    Professor: Washington University in St. Louis (1920-23)
    Professor: University of Chicago (1923-45)
    Administrator: Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis (1945-53)
    Professor: Washington University in St. Louis (1953-61)
    Administrator: Trustee, College of Wooster
    Administrator: Trustee, Fisk University

    Rumford Prize 1926
    Nobel Prize for Physics 1927
    Matteucci Medal 1930
    Hughes Medal 1940
    St. Louis Walk of Fame
    General Electric Consulting Physicist (1926-45)
    Westinghouse Research Engineer (1917-19)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science President (1942)
    American Association of Scientific Workers President (1939-40)
    American Physical Society President (1934)
    Argonne National Laboratory Board of Governors (1945)
    Brookings Institution Board of Trustees (1956-59)
    Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Board of Trustees (1949-53)
    Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Board of Trustees (1953-62)
    Committee for Economic Development Board of Trustees (1949-58)
    Institute of International Education
    National Academy of Sciences Board of Trustees (1949-61)
    National Conference of Christians and Jews Co-Chairman (1938-47), Board of Directors (1947-58)
    Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (1950-62)
    Urban League (1954-60)
    Young Men's Christian Association
    Manhattan Project Director, Metallurgical Laboratory
    Lunar Crater Crater Compton (named for Arthur & Karl T. Compton)

Appears on the cover of:
Time, 13-Jan-1936

Author of books:
X-Rays and Electrons (1926, nonfiction)
The Freedom of Man (1935, nonfiction)
X-Rays in Theory and Experiment (1935, nonfiction, with S.K. Allison)
The Religion of a Scientist (1938, nonfiction)
Human Meaning of Science (1940, nonfiction)
Atomic Quest: A Personal Narrative (1956, memoir)

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