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Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. 1900 Born in English, Indiana on June 7, son of Lewis Madison and Anna Belle Minton Terman. 1905 Moves with family from Indiana to California. 1910 Settles permanently at Stanford when Lewis Terman joins Stanford Education Department faculty. 1914 Begins experimenting with radio as a "ham" operator. 1920 A.B. in Chemistry from Stanford University. 1922 Engineer's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. 1924 Sc.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from M.I.T. Offered teaching position at M.I.T., but because of first onset of tuberculosis, declines appointment. 1925 Begins half-time teaching in Stanford E. E. Department. 1926 Begins full-time teaching at Stanford. 1927 Appointed Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering. Co-authors Transmission Line Theory with W. S. Franklin. 1928 Marries Sibyl Walcutt, graduate student in psychology, on March 22. 1929 Birth of Frederick Walcutt Terman, March 10. 1930 Appointed Associate Progessor of Electrical Engineering. 1931 Birth of Terrence Christopher Terman, September 3. 1932 Publishes book, Radio Engineering. 1935 Publishes Measurement in Radio Engineering. 1935 Birth of Lewis Madison Terman, August 26. 1937 Becomes full professor and Executive Head of Electrical Engineering Department. 1938 Publishes-Fundamentals of Radio. 1940 Publishes Radio and Vacuum Tube Theory. 1941 Elected President of the Institute of Radio Engineers. 1942 -45 Director of the Harvard Radio Research Laboratory, engaged in military research on radar countermeasures. 1943 Publishes Radio Engineers's Handbook. 1944 Appointed Dean of Stanford's School of Engineering, succeeding Samuel B. Morris. 1945 Awarded honorary Sc-D. from Harvard University. 1946 Decorated by the British government for wartime research. Elected to the National Academy of Sciences. 1948 Receives Presidential Medal of Merit. 1950 Awarded Medal of Honor by the Institute of Radio Engineers. 1952 Co-authors Electronic Measurements with Joseph M. Pettit. 1953 Elected chairman of the Engineering Section of the National Academy of Sciences. 1955-65 Provost of Stanford University. 1959-65 Vice-President of Stanford. 1964 Acting President of Stanford University, February to August. 1965 Becomes Emeritus, August 31. Guide to the Frederick Emmons SC0160 2 Terman Papers SC0160 1965 Engineering Building 500 named the Frederick Emmons Terman Laboratory. 1965 Receives "Distinguished Citizen's Award" from the city of Palo Alto. 1965 Tours U.S.S.R. as a member of three-man delegation sponsored by U.S. Office of Education to study scientific and engineering education in Russia. 1970 Receives Stanford Alumni Association's Herbert Hoover Medal for Distinguished Service. 1973 Elected President of the Society of the Sigma Xi. 1975 Death of Sibyl Terman on July 23. 1975 Awarded Korea's Order of Civil Merit Medal by President Chung-hee Park. 1976 Receives National Medal of Science from President Gerald Ford. 1977 Donates his campus home to the University to establish educational research fund in honor of his late wife, Sibyl Walcutt Terman. 1977 Frederick Emmons Terman Engineering Center dedicated October 6. 1978 Receives Stanford Associates Uncommon Man Award. 1982 Died at his home on the Stanford Campus, December 19, 1982. FREDERICK E. TERMAN PROFESSIONAL AND FRATERNAL AFFILIATIONS 1. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2. American Institute of Electrical Engineering (now IEEE). Fellow. 3. American Philosophical Society. 4. American Society for Engineering Education. 1. Vice-President and Chairman of Administrative Council, 1949-51. 2. Lamme Medal, 1964. 3. Honorary Member, 1966. 4. "Hall of Fame," 1968. 5. Ampex Corporation. Board of Directors, 1953-64. 6. Army Advisory Committee on Contractual and Administrative Procedures for Research and Development, 1948. 7. Army Electronics Proving Ground. Advisory Council, 1954-57. 8. Audio Engineering Society. Honorary member, 1955. 9. California Academy of Sciences. Fellow. 10. California Co-ordinating Council for Higher Education. Consultant, 1967-68. 11. Colorado Commission on Higher Education. Consultant, 1966-67; 1970. 12. Committee on Higher Education in the State of New York. Consultant, 1960. 13. Defense Science Board, 1957-58. 14. Department of Commerce 1. Industrial Research and Development Division. Consultant, 1946-47. 2. Patent Panel, 1963. 15. Department of Defense. 1. Special Technical Advisory Group, 1950-53. 2. T.A.P.E.C. Committee, 1953-56. 16. Dreyfus Foundation. Chairman, Special Advisory Committee to Trustees, 1969- 17. Eta Kappa Nu. 18. Granger Associates. Board of Directors, 1963- 19. Harvard University. Visiting Committee, 1970- 20. Harvard Radio Research Laboratory. Director, 1942-45. 21. Hewlett-Packard Company. 1. Board of Directors, 1957-73. 2. Director Emeritus, 1973- 22. Industry Committee for a Graduate Center for Science and Technology in New Jersey. Consultant, 1955-66 23. Institute for Defense Analysis. Trustee, 1965-73. 24. Institute for Science and Technology (New Jersey). Executive Committee, 1966-68. 25. Institute of Radio Engineers (now IEEE) Guide to the Frederick Emmons SC0160 3 Terman Papers SC0160 1. Director, 1940-43. 2. Vice-President, 1940. 3. President, 1941. 4. Medal of Honor, 1950. 5. Founder's Award, 1962. 26. Korean Institute for Advanced Science. Trustee, 1973. 27. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Visiting Committee, 1970- 28. National Academy of Engineering. Founding member. 29. National Academy of Sciences. 1. Ad Hoc Committee on Tests of Battery Additives, 1953-54. 2. Chairman, Engineering Section, 1953-56. 3. Council, 1956-59. 30. National Bureau of Standards. Visiting Committee, 1970- 31. National Defense Research Committee 1. Divisions 14 and 15, member, 1942-45. 2. Vacuum Tube Development Committee, 1943-45. 32. National Research Council. Engineering Division, 1943-46. 33. National Science Foundation. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 1. Member, 1955-59. 2. Chairman, 1958-59. 34. Naval Research Advisory Committee. 1. Member, 1956-64. 2. Chairman, 1957-58 35. New York State Education Department. Consultant, 1968-69. 36. Phi Beta Kappa. 37. Phi Lambda Upsilon. 38. President's Science Advisory Committee. Consultant, 1959-63; 1970-73. 39. RCA Fellowship Board. Chairman, 1947-50. 40. Sigma Tau. 41. Sigma Xi 1. Education Board, 1956-58; 1967-70. 2. President, 1975. 42. Signal Corps Research and Development Advisory Committee, 1954-62. 43. Sloan Foundation Science Book Program. 44. Southern Methodist University Foundation for Science and Engineering. 1. President and Trustee, 1965-74. 2. Trutsee, 1974- 45. Stanford Bank. Board of Directors, 1964-71. 46. Stanford Research Institute. Board of Directors, 1955-65. 47. State Department. Board of Foreign Scholarships, 1960-65. 48. State University of Florida. Consultant, 1970-71. 49. Tau Beta Pi. 50. Texas Christian University Research Foundation. Advisory Committee, 1972- 51. Theta Xi. 52. US/AID Team to Korea. Party Leader, 1970. 53. U.S. Office of Education. Mission to U.S.S.R., 1965. 54. Utah System of Higher Education. Consultant, 1972-73. 55. Varian Associates. Board of Directors, 1948-53. Guide to the Frederick Emmons SC0160 4 Terman Papers SC0160 56. Watkins-Johnson Company. Board of Directors, 1957- Biography Frederick Emmons Terman, the first child of Lewis Madison and Anna Terman, was born in English, Indiana on June 7, 1900. Due to Lewis Terman's chronic tuberculosis, the family sought a more salubrious climate, moving to the Los Angeles area in 1905. With the elder Terman's appointment to the Stanford University Education Department in 1910, the family settled permanently in the Stanford area. Lewis Terman, an eminent psychologist and educator, is perhaps best known for his development of the Stanford-Binet intelligence tests. His work on IQ testing was however, only one aspect of a life-long professional