Claude Wendell Horton Sr.
American physicist (1915–2002)
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Claude Wendell Horton Sr. (September 23, 1915, Cherryvale, Kansas – March 2, 2002) was one of the principal contributors to the development of the applied research laboratories and the department of physics at the University of Texas at Austin.[1] Between 1972 and 1975, he contributed significantly to the geophysics program in the Department of Geological Sciences.
University of Texas (PhD)
Claude Wendell Horton Sr. | |
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| Born | September 23, 1915 |
| Died | March 2, 2002 (aged 86) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Rice Institute (BA, MA) University of Texas (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Texas |
Horton received his bachelor's and master's degrees from what is now Rice University in 1935 and 1936. He then worked for Shell Oil Company for a year. He studied in a graduate program at Princeton University from 1937 to 1938 and then returned to Shell about the time of his marriage.[1]
In early 1943 he was an instructor at the Naval Training school at the University of Houston. He then was a researcher at the Harvard Underwater Sound Laboratory for about 2 years until it closed in 1945.[1]
Horton then took up research work at the University of Texas. He completed his Ph.D. there in 1946 and joined the faculty, where he remained until his retirement in 1976.[1]
Horton died on March 2, 2002, in Austin, Texas.[2]