Lyman James Briggs
Lyman James Briggs (May 7, 1874 – March 25, 1963) was an American engineer, physicist and administrator. He was a director of the National Bureau of Standards during the Great Depression and chairman of the Uranium Committee before America entered the Second World War. The Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University is named in his honor.
Lyman James Briggs | |
|---|---|
| 3rd Director of the National Bureau of Standards | |
| In office June 13, 1933 – November 5, 1945 | |
| President | |
| Preceded by | George K. Burgess |
| Succeeded by | Edward U. Condon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 7, 1874 Assyria, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | March 25, 1963 (aged 88) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Spouse | Katharine Cook |
| Children | 2, including Isabel |
| Alma mater | Michigan Agricultural College University of Michigan Johns Hopkins University |
| Occupation | Engineer, physicist, administrator |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied physics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | On the absorption of water vapor and of certain salts in aqueous solution by quartz (1901) |
| Doctoral advisor | Henry Augustus Rowland |
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