Albert Edward Caswell Explained

Birth Date:May 24, 1884
Birth Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Death Date:June 18, 1954
Death Place:Eugene, Oregon
Other Names:A. E. Caswell
Citizenship:American
Fields:Properties of Metals
Workplaces:Stanford University
Purdue University
University of Oregon
Oregon State University
Princeton University
MIT Radiation Lab
Alma Mater:Stanford University
Thesis Title:Determination of Peltier Electromotive Force for Several Metals by Compensation of Methods
Thesis Url:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSeriesI.33.379
Thesis Year:1911
Doctoral Advisor:Fernando Sanford
Known For:Properties of Metals
Awards:American Physical Society Fellow,
National Research Fellowship

Albert Edward Caswell (1884–1954), was head of the department of physics at the University of Oregon from 1934 to 1949, a professor emeritus, and Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Early life and education

Albert Edward Caswell, son of John J. Caswell and Patience Ethel Smith, was born May 24, 1884, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He married Mary Constance Edwards on July 3, 1912, in Santa Clara, California. They were parents of four children.[1]

Caswell earned an A.B. in mathematics at Stanford University in 1908,[2] and a Ph.D. in physics at Stanford in 1911.[3] His dissertation, advised by Fernando Sanford, was titled, Determination of Peltier Electromotive Force for Several Metals by Compensation of Methods.[4] [5]

Caswell became a U.S. citizen December 22, 1909.[6]

He was a member of the Central Presbyterian Church of Eugene and a trustee of the Westminster Foundation.[7]

Career

Caswell's first academic appointment was teaching at Stanford for three years, then teaching at Purdue University from 1911 to 1913. He joined the faculty at the University of Oregon, serving there between 1914 and 1949, and researching the properties of metals.[8] He was a National Research Fellow at Princeton University in 1919–1920.[9] From 1931 to 1933, he was transferred to Oregon State University, "as a result of the unification of the State System of Higher Education".[10] He returned to the University of Oregon and was appointed chair of the department of physics in 1934. He was chair until 1949, and he was later named professor emeritus.

Caswell authored a widely used textbook in general physics. During World War II Caswell served on staff at the MIT Radiation Laboratory, where he led a section that produced instructional handbooks for prototype radar sets.[11]

He died in Eugene, Oregon, on June 18, 1954.[12]

Selected publications

Books

Journal articles

Awards, honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Caswell, Albert E. (Albert Edward), 1884-1954. July 26, 2021. Purdue University Archives and Special Collections.
  2. Web site: San Jose Times Star 14 January 1908 — California Digital Newspaper Collection. 2021-07-28. cdnc.ucr.edu.
  3. Book: Proceedings of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. 1919. American Institute of Electrical Engineers. 264. en.
  4. Web site: San Francisco Call 23 May 1911 — California Digital Newspaper Collection. 2021-07-28. cdnc.ucr.edu.
  5. Caswell. A. E.. 2011. Determination of Peltier Electromotive Force for Several Metals by Compensation Methods. July 28, 2021. Physical Review . Series I. 33. 5. 379–402. 10.1103/PhysRevSeriesI.33.379. 1911PhRvI..33..379C .
  6. Web site: 1909. California, U.S., State Court Naturalization Records, 1850-1986. 2021-07-28. www.ancestry.com.
  7. News: 1954-06-19. Obituary for Physicist A. E Caswell (Aged 70). 1. The Eugene Guard. 2021-07-28.
  8. Web site: Donnelly. Russell J.. March 20, 2016. Early History of the Department of Physics.
  9. Book: Catalogue. University of Oregon. 1922. 9. en.
  10. Web site: Yunker. E. A.. 1966. A Brief History of the Department of Physics at Oregon State University. July 26, 2021. Physics Oregon State University.
  11. Book: Bibliography of Scientific and Industrial Reports. Office of Technical Services, U.S. Department of Commerce. 1946. en.
  12. 1954-09-01. Albert E. Caswell. Physics Today. 7. 9. 24. 10.1063/1.3061769. 0031-9228.
  13. Book: Proceedings of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. July 1919. American Institute of Electrical Engineers. 264.
  14. Web site: APS Fellow Archive. 2021-07-26. www.aps.org. en.

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