Karl Taylor Compton
American physicist
Karl Taylor Compton was a prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1930 to 1948. Wikipedia
Born: September 14, 1887, Wooster, OH
Died: June 22, 1954 (age 66 years), New York, NY
Awards: Public Welfare Medal, Hoover Medal, and Rumford Prize
Education: The College of Wooster and Princeton University
Notable students: Henry DeWolf Smyth, Philip M. Morse, Carl Eckart, and more
Siblings: Arthur Compton