Oliver Buckley
- Born: August 8, 1887 (Sloan, Iowa)
- Died: December 14, 1959 (Newark, New Jersey)
Education
- 1909: BS, Grinnell College
- 1914: PhD, Cornell University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1914–1925: Western Electric Company, Research Physicist
- 1925–1927: Bell Laboratories, Research Physicist
- 1927–1933: Bell Laboratories, Assistant Director of Research
- 1933–1936: Bell Laboratories, Director of Research
- 1936–1940: Bell Laboratories, Executive Vice President
- 1940–1951: Bell Laboratories, President
Other Positions
- 1917–1919: United States Army, Member, Signals Corps
- 1951–1952: United States Office of Defense Mobilization, Chair, Science Advisory Committee
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1941–1941: Member, Advisory Committee on Uranium Research, National Academy of Sciences
- 1948–1954: Member, General Advisory Committee, United States Atomic Energy Commission
- 1951–1952: Chair, Board of Directors, Bell Laboratories
- 1951–1955: Member, Science Advisory Committee, United States Office of Defense Mobilization
Selected Awards and Honors
Published Resources
Mervin J. Kelly, "Oliver Ellsworth Buckley: 1887-1959", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
