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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