Walker Bleakney
- Born: February 8, 1901 (Elderton, Pennsylvania)
- Died: January 15, 1992 (Santa Barbara, California)
Education
- 1924: BS, Whitman College
- 1930: PhD, University of Minnesota
Major Positions
- 1930–1932: Princeton University, National Research Fellow
- 1932–1953: Princeton University, Instructor to Professor of Physics
- 1953–1963: Princeton University, Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics
- 1963–1969: Princeton University, Class of 1909 Professor of Physics
- 1969–1992: Princeton University, Class of 1909 Emeritus Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1941–1945: National Defense Research Committee, Director, Princeton University Station, Division 2 (Effects of Impact and Explosion)
- 1960–1967: Princeton University, Chair, Department of Physics
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1959: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1963: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow
Archival Resources
Princeton University Library, Manuscripts Division, Princeton, New Jersey
Online Finding Aid
Published Resources
George T. Reynolds, "Walker Bleakney: 1901-1992", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Walker Bleakney, "Reminiscences of My Youth in Oregon," American Journal of Physics 40 (1972): 953-959
R. J. Emrich, "Walker Bleakney and the Development of the Shock Tube at Princeton," Shock Waves 5 (1996): 327-339
