Education
- B.S. 1922 — University of Alabama
- Master's degree (Mechanical Engineering, 1923) — University of Alabama
- Marie Curie lectures (1925) — La Sorbonne
- Doctorate of Philosophy (Physics, 1928) — Oxford University
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