J. Curry Street
- Born: May 5, 1906 (Opelika, Alabama)
- Died: November 7, 1989 (Charleston, South Carolina)
Education
- 1927: BS, Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Electrical Engineering)
- 1930: MS, University of Virginia
- 1931: PhD, University of Virginia (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1927–1928: Brooklyn Edison Power Company, Electrical Engineer
- 1931–1932: Bartol Research Foundation, Fellow
- 1932–1970: Harvard University, Instructor to Professor of Physics
- 1970–1976: Harvard University, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics
- 1976–1989: Harvard University, Emeritus Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1940–1945: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Researcher
- 1955–1960: Harvard University, Chair, Department of Physics
- 1962–1963: Harvard-MIT Cambridge Electron Accelerator, Acting Director
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1950–1953: Member, Visiting Committee, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 1951–1956: Member, Scientific Advisory Board, United States Air Force
- 1953–1954: Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1966–1974: Science Adviser to the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
Selected Awards and Honors
Oral History Interviews
- 1976: Available Online
Published Resources
K. T. Bainbridge, E. M. Purcell, N. F. Ramsey, and K. Strauch, "Jabez Curry Street: 1906-1989", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
