Max Mason
- Born: October 26, 1877 (Madison, Wisconsin)
- Died: March 22, 1961 (Claremont, California)
Education
- 1898: BL, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- 1903: PhD, University of Göttingen
Major Positions
- 1903–1904: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Instructor in Mathematics
- 1904–1908: Yale University, Assistant Professor, Sheffield Scientific School
- 1908–1910: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Associate Professor
- 1910–1925: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Professor of Mathematical Physics
- 1925–1928: University of Chicago, President
- 1928–1929: Rockefeller Foundation, Director, Natural Sciences Division
- 1930–1936: Rockefeller Foundation, President
- 1936–1938: California Institute of Technology, Vice Chair, Observatory Council
- 1938–1951: California Institute of Technology, Chair, Observatory Council
Other Positions
- 1911–1912: Harvard University, Lecturer
- 1917–1919: United States Navy, Researcher, Naval Experiment Station
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1917–1919: Member, Submarine Committee, National Research Council
- 1936–1951: Member, Executive Council, California Institute of Technology
- 1945–1951: Member, Board of Trustees, California Institute of Technology
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
Assorted Papers: American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives, College Park, Maryland
Published Resources
Warren Weaver, "Max Mason: 1877-1961", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
