Lee DuBridge
- Born: September 21, 1901 (Terre Haute, Indiana)
- Died: January 23, 1994 (Duarte, California)
Education
- 1922: AB, Cornell College
- 1924: AM, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- 1926: PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1926–1928: California Institute of Technology, NRC Fellow
- 1928–1933: Washington University, St. Louis, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1933–1934: Washington University, St. Louis, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1934–1946: University of Rochester, Professor of Physics
- 1938–1942: University of Rochester, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science
- 1946–1969: California Institute of Technology, President
- 1969–1970: President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), Chair and Science Adviser to the President
- 1969–1970: Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President, Director
- 1969–1994: California Institute of Technology, President Emeritus
Other Positions
- 1934–1946: University of Rochester, Chair, Department of Physics
- 1940–1945: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Director
- 1947–1947: American Physical Society, President
- 1952–1956: United States Office of Defense Mobilization, Chair, Science Advisory Committee
- 1969–1973: President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), Member
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1945–1949: Member, Scientific Advisory Board, United States Air Force
- 1945–1951: Member, Naval Research Advisory Committee, United States Navy
- 1946–1948: Member, Science Advisory Panel, United States Army
- 1947–1952: Member, General Advisory Committee, United States Atomic Energy Commission
- 1948–1961: Member, Board of Trustees, Rand Corporation
- 1950–1954: Member, National Science Board
- 1951–1956: Member, Science Advisory Committee, United States Office of Defense Mobilization
- 1953–1961: Member, Board of Trustees, Air Pollution Foundation
- 1956–1967: Member, Board of Trustees, Rockefeller Foundation
- 1958–1964: Member, National Science Board
- 1958–1966: Member, Board of Trustees, Mellon Institute
- 1964–1969: Member, Board of Directors, National Educational Television
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
California Institute of Technology, Institute Archives, Pasadena, California
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1968: American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
- 1972: Available Online
- 1981: Available Online
- 1981: Available Online
- 1986: Available Online
- 1987: Available Online
Published Resources
Jesse L. Greenstein, "Lee Alvin DuBridge: 1901-1994", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Judith Goodstein, "A Conversation with Lee Alvin DuBridge, Part I," Physics in Perspective 5 (2003): 174-205
Judith Goodstein, "A Conversation with Lee Alvin DuBridge, Part II," Physics in Perspective 5 (2003): 281-309
W. Patrick McCray, "Project Vista, Caltech, and the Dilemmas of Lee DuBridge," Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences 34 (2004): 339-370
