Walter Gordy
- Born: April 20, 1909 (Lawrence, Mississippi)
- Died: October 6, 1985
Education
- 1932: BA, Mississippi College
- 1933: MA, University of North Carolina
- 1935: PhD, University of North Carolina (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1935–1941: Mary Hardin-Baylor College, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Physics
- 1941–1942: California Institute of Technology, National Research Fellow in Physics
- 1942–1946: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Researcher
- 1946–1948: Duke University, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1948–1958: Duke University, Professor of Physics
- 1958–1979: Duke University, James B. Duke Professor
- 1979–1985: Duke University, Emeritus Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1958–1958: University of Texas, Austin, Visiting Professor
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1953–1957: Member, Advisory Committee, Office of Ordnance Research, United States Army
- 1954–1957: Member, Physical Science Division, National Reseach Council
- 1959–1965: Member, Physics Advisory Panel, Radio Standards Laboratory, National Bureau of Standards
- 1961–1971: Member, Council, American Physical Society
- 1968–1974: Member, Physical Science Division, National Reseach Council
- 1973–1977: Member, Council, American Physical Society
- 1974–1977: Member, United States Committee, International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1980: American Physical Society, Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy
- 1985: National Academy of Sciences, Member
Archival Resources
Duke University Library, University Archives, Durham, North Carolina
Online Finding Aid
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
Frank C. De Lucia and Brenda P. Winnewisser, "Walter Gordy: 1909-1995", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
