William Houston
- Born: January 19, 1900 (Mount Gilead, Ohio)
- Died: August 22, 1968 (Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom)
Education
- 1920: BA and BS, Ohio State University
- 1925: PhD, Ohio State University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1925–1927: California Institute of Technology, National Research Fellow
- 1927–1928: University of Munich and University of Leipzig, Guggenheim Fellow
- 1927–1929: California Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1929–1931: California Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1931–1946: California Institute of Technology, Professor of Physics
- 1946–1960: Rice Institute, President
- 1960–1961: Rice University, President
- 1961–1968: Rice University, Professor of Physics and Honorary Chancellor
Other Positions
- 1941–1945: Columbia University, Director of Special Studies, Division of War Research
- 1962–1962: American Physical Society, President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1954–1966: Member, National Science Board
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
Rice University, Fondren Library, Woodson Research Center, Houston, Texas
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1964: American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
Published Resources
Kenneth S. Pitzer and Harold E. Rorschach, Jr., "William Vermillion Houston: 1900-1968", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
