William Meggers
- Born: July 13, 1888 (Clintonville, Wisconsin)
- Died: November 19, 1966
Education
- 1910: BA, Ripon College
- 1916: MA, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- 1917: PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Major Positions
- 1912–1914: Carnegie Institute of Technology, Instructor in Physics
- 1914–1916: National Bureau of Standards, Labortory Assistant
- 1916–1919: National Bureau of Standards, Assistant Physicist
- 1919–1920: National Bureau of Standards, Physicist
- 1920–1958: National Bureau of Standards, Chief, Spectroscopy Section
Other Positions
- 1949–1951: Optical Society of America, President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1946–1950: Chair, Committee on Line Spectra, National Research Council
- 1952–1958: Member, Governing Board, American Institute of Physics
- 1959–1966: Consultant, Union Carbide Nuclear Company
- 1960–1966: Consultant, Argonne National Laboratory
- 1960–1966: Consultant, W. M. Welch Scientific Company
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives, College Park, Maryland
Online Finding Aid
Additional Papers: American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives, College Park, Maryland
Online Finding Aid
Published Resources
Paul D. Foote, "William Frederick Meggers: 1888-1966", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
