Joseph Mayer
- Born: February 5, 1904 (New York, New York)
- Died: October 15, 1983
Education
- 1924: BS, California Institute of Technology
- 1927: PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Physical Chemistry)
Major Positions
- 1927–1928: University of California, Berkeley, Assistant
- 1929–1930: University of Göttingen, International Fellow
- 1930–1937: Johns Hopkins University, Associate in Chemistry
- 1937–1939: Johns Hopkins University, Associate Professor
- 1939–1945: Columbia University, Associate Professor
- 1945–1956: University of Chicago, Professor
- 1956–1960: University of Chicago, Eisendrath Professor
- 1960–1972: University of California, San Diego, Professor of Chemistry
- 1972–1983: University of California, San Diego, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
Other Positions
- 1963–1966: University of California, San Diego, Chair, Department of Chemistry
- 1973–1973: American Physical Society, President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1942–1960: Consultant and Member, Advisory Committee, Ballistics Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, United States Army
- 1946–1949: Consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 1951–1956: Chair, Division of Physical Chemistry, National Research Council
- 1952–1956: President, Commission on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
- 1971–1983: Member, Advisory Committee, Ballistics Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, United States Army
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
University of California at San Diego, Geisel Library, Mandeville Special Collections Library, La Jolla, California
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1975: Available Online
Published Resources
Bruno H. Zimm, "Joseph Edward Mayer: 1904-1983", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
