Benson, Bruce B. (Bruce Buzzell) (AC 1943)
Dates
- Existence: 1922-02-22 - 1990-03-07
biographical statement
Bruce B. Benson (AC 1943) received a bachelor's degree in physics from Amherst College, and M.S. and Ph.D.s in physics from Yale. He taught at Amherst from 1947 until his death in 1990. He was received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was an expert in nuclear physics and oceanography.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Bruce B. Benson (AC 1943) Papers
Amherst College alumnus (1943), instructor and later professor of physics at Amherst College, 1947-1990. Collection includes Benson's class notes and exams from college and graduate school; teaching notes and assignments from courses he taught at Amherst; draft articles about physics that he wrote, along with reprints of his published articles; material from college-wide faculty committees on which he served; and a small number of photographs and pieces of incoming correspondence.
Lucy Wilson Benson Family Papers
The papers of Lucy Wilson Benson, who served as president of the National League of Women Voters (1968-1974), secretary of human services for Massachusetts (1975-1977), and U.S. undersecretary of state for security assistance, science and technology (1977-1980). The papers also include material from and about other family members. This is an unprocessed collection.