Julius Stratton
- Born: May 18, 1901 (Seattle, Washington)
- Died: June 22, 1994 (Boston, Massachusetts)
Education
- 1923: SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1926: SM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1928: ScD, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich (Mathematics and Physics)
Major Positions
- 1928–1930: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
- 1930–1935: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1935–1941: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1941–1949: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Physics
- 1949–1956: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Provost
- 1951–1956: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Vice President
- 1956–1959: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chancellor
- 1957–1959: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Acting President
- 1959–1966: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President
- 1966–1994: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President Emeritus
Other Positions
- 1940–1945: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Researcher
- 1942–1945: United States Department of War, Expert Consultant to the Secretary of War
- 1946–1949: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics
- 1966–1994: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Emeritus President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1946–1949: Member, Electronics Committee, Research and Development Board, United States National Military Establishment
- 1954–1959: Member, Naval Research Advisory Committee, United States Navy
- 1955–1957: Chair, Naval Research Advisory Committee, United States Navy
- 1955–1965: Member, Board of Trustees, RAND Corporation
- 1955–1971: Member, Board of Trustees, Ford Foundation
- 1956–1962: Member, National Science Board
- 1964–1967: Member, National Science Board
- 1966–1971: Chair, Board of Trustees, Ford Foundation
- 1967–1969: Chair, Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources
- 1971–1973: Member, National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts
MIT Office of the Chancellor (Stratton): Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts
MIT Office of the President (Stratton): Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Online Finding Aid
Published Resources
Paul E. Gray, "Julius Adams Stratton: 1901-1994", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
