Joseph H. Howey (September 1, 1901 – March 23, 1973) was a physicist and academic administrator at the

Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...

. He was the director of Georgia Tech's School of Physics for 28 years, from 1935 to 1963.

Early life

Howey received a Bachelor of Arts from the

College of Wooster The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college in Wooster, Ohio. Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian Church as the University of Wooster, it has been officially non-sectarian since 1969 when ownership ties with the Presbyterian Church ...

in 1923, and a PhD from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

in 1930. Howey was also a physicist in Firestone Tire and Rubber Corp's research laboratory from 1929 to 1931, after which he returned to Yale as an instructor. Joseph Howey plaque

Georgia Tech

In 1934, Howey became a professor of physics at Georgia Tech, and in 1935 he became the director of the school's physics department, where he was instrumental in establishing a standard curriculum and creating graduate and PhD programs. In 1963, Howey requested to be "associate director" so that he could focus on the design of the new physics building, and was succeeded in his post by Vernon D. Crawford. Three years after his death, on September 17, 1976, the physics building he helped design was dedicated and named in his honor.

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