James Fisk
- Born: August 30, 1910 (West Warwick, Rhode Island)
- Died: August 10, 1981 (Elizabethtown, New York)
Education
- 1931: SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1935: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Theoretical Physics)
Major Positions
- 1936–1938: Harvard University, Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows
- 1938–1939: University of North Carolina, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1939–1945: Bell Laboratories, Electronic Research Engineer
- 1945–1947: Bell Laboratories, Assistant Director of Physical Research
- 1947–1948: United States Atomic Energy Commission, Director, Division of Research
- 1947–1949: Harvard University, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics
- 1949–1951: Bell Laboratories, Assistant Director of Research
- 1952–1954: Bell Laboratories, Director of Research, Physical Sciences
- 1954–1955: Bell Laboratories, Vice President, Research
- 1955–1959: Bell Laboratories, Executive Vice President
- 1959–1973: Bell Laboratories, President
Other Positions
- 1947–1948: United States Atomic Energy Commission, Director of Research
- 1957–1960: President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), Member
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1951–1957: Member, Science Advisory Committee, United States Office of Defense Mobilization
- 1952–1958: Member, General Advisory Committee, United States Atomic Energy Commission
- 1958–1958: Chair, United States Technical Delegation, Geneva Test Ban Conference
- 1959–1959: Chair, United States Technical Delegation, Geneva Test Ban Conference
- 1960–1973: Consultant, President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC)
- 1962–1981: Member, Executive Committee, MIT Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1973–1974: Chair, Board of Directors, Bell Laboratories
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
AT&T Archives and History Center, Warren, New Jersey
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Oral History Interviews
- 1976: Available Online
Published Resources
William H. Doherty, "James Brown Fisk: 1910-1981", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
