Francis Bitter
- Born: July 22, 1902 (Weehawken, New Jersey)
- Died: July 26, 1967 (Cape Cod, Massachusetts)
Education
- 1919–1922: University of Chicago
- 1924: BA, Columbia University
- 1925–1926: University of Berlin
- 1928: PhD, Columbia University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1928–1930: California Institute of Technology, National Research Fellow
- 1930–1934: Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, Research Engineer
- 1934–1945: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Metallurgy
- 1945–1951: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1951–1960: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Physics
- 1960–1967: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Geophysics
Other Positions
- 1933–1934: Cambridge University, Guggenheim Fellow
- 1941–1945: United States Navy, Officer, Bureau of Ordnance
- 1956–1960: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Dean of Science
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1934–1942: Consultant, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Archival Resources
MIT, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Online Finding Aid
Published Resources
Francis Bitter, Magnets: The Education of a Physicist (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959)
