Albert Edward Caswell (1884–1954), was head of the department of physics at the

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from 1934 to 1949, a

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, and

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Early life and education

Albert Edward Caswell, son of John J. Caswell and Patience Ethel Smith, was born May 24, 1884, in

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, Canada. He married Mary Constance Edwards on July 3, 1912, in

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. They were parents of four children. Caswell earned an A.B. in mathematics at

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in 1908, and a Ph.D. in physics at Stanford in 1911. His dissertation, advised by

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, was titled, ''Determination of Peltier Electromotive Force for Several Metals by Compensation of Methods''. Caswell became a U.S. citizen December 22, 1909. He was a member of the Central

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Church of Eugene and a trustee of the Westminster Foundation.

Career

Caswell's first academic appointment was teaching at Stanford for three years, then teaching at

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from 1911 to 1913. He joined the faculty at the University of Oregon, serving there between 1914 and 1949, and researching the properties of metals. He was a National Research Fellow at

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in 1919–1920. From 1931 to 1933, he was transferred to

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, "as a result of the unification of the State System of Higher Education". He returned to the University of Oregon and was appointed chair of the department of physics in 1934. He was chair until 1949, and he was later named professor emeritus. Caswell authored a widely used textbook in general physics. During World War II Caswell served on staff at the MIT Radiation Laboratory, where he led a section that produced instructional handbooks for prototype radar sets. He died in Eugene, Oregon, on June 18, 1954.

Selected publications

Books

* Caswell, A. E. (1928). ''An outline of physics''. Macmillan. *Caswell, A. E. (February 1944) ''Handbook of Instructions for AN/APA-9 radar set.'' Complete edition. (MIT Radiation Lab Rept M148C.) 253 p.

Journal articles

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Awards, honors

* July 4, 1919, National Research Fellowship, Princeton University. * 1945, American Physical Society Fellow: A. E. Caswell, University of Oregon

References

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