Gaylord Harnwell
Physicist, Academic
1903 – 1982
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Who was Gaylord Harnwell?
Gaylord Probasco Harnwell CBE, was an American educator and physicist, who was president of the University of Pennsylvania from 1953 to 1970. He also held a great number of positions in a wide variety of national political and educational boards and committees, as well as senior positions in both the Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania and the United States Navy. In the later part of his life he also toured both the Soviet Union and Iran as a promoter of higher education.
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- Born
- Sep 29, 1903
- Also known as
- Gaylord Probasco Harnwell
- G. P. Harnwell
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
- University of Cambridge
- Employment
- University of Pennsylvania
- California Institute of Technology
- Princeton University
- Lived in
- Evanston
- Died
- Apr 1, 1982
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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