Lloyd Berkner
- Born: Feburary 1, 1905 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- Died: June 4, 1967 (Washington, DC)
Education
- 1927: BS, University of Minnesota
Major Positions
- 1927–1928: United States Bureau of Lighthouses, Electrical Engineer
- 1928–1930: Byrd Antarctic Expedition, Engineer
- 1930–1933: National Bureau of Standards, Engineer
- 1933–1941: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Physicist, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
- 1947–1951: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Section Chief, Exploratory Geophysics of the Atmosphere
- 1951–1960: Associated Universities, Inc., President
- 1960–1965: Graduate Research Center of the Southwest, President
Other Positions
- 1941–1943: United States Navy, Member, Radio and Electrical Group, Engineering Division, Bureau of Aeronautics
- 1943–1945: United States Navy, Head, Electronic Materiel Division, Radio and Electrical Group, Engineering Division
- 1955–1958: International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), President
- 1957–1958: President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), Member
- 1957–1960: International Union of Radio Science, President
- 1959–1962: American Geophysical Union, President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1946–1947: Executive Secretary, Research and Development Board, United States National Military Establishment
- 1947–1951: Consultant, Research and Development Board, United States Department of Defense
- 1950–1952: Consultant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1951–1960: Member, Board of Trustees; and Chair, Executive Committee, Associated Universities, Inc.
- 1952–1953: Consultant, National Security Resources Board
- 1953–1959: Member, United States National Committee, International Geophysical Year
- 1958–1960: Chair, Space Science Board, National Academy of Sciences
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division., Washington, DC
Published Resources
Anton L. Hales, "Lloyd Viel Berkner: 1905-1967", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Allan A. Needell, Science, Cold War and the American State: Lloyd V. Berkner and the Balance of Professional Ideals (Amsterdam: Harwood Academic, 2000)
Allan A. Needell, "Lloyd Berkner, Merle Tuve, and the Federal Role in Radio Astronomy," Osiris 3 (1987): 261-288
Allan A. Needell, "The Carnegie Institution of Washington and Radio Astronomy: Prelude to an American National Observatory," Journal for the History of Astronomy 22 (1991): 55-67
