| Curtis J. Humphreys |
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ACCOMPLISHMENT Humphreys married Jeanette Mae Raum and had son Richard. He received the Naval Award for Achievement in Science. He was involved in the Spectroscopic Program covering the NBS and U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Corona, CA, experiences. He contributed to the inventions that revolutionized the techniques of radiometry and spectrophotometry. Humphreys attended the Rydberg Centennial Conference on Atomic Spectroscopy in 1954 which was the most distinguished group of spectroscopic and atomic physicists that was ever assembled. The group included Niels Bohr . He credits the Corona Lab program with the establishment of the atomic wavelength standard in the infrared. He corresponded with William F. Meggers while in Michigan in 1928. He was awarded the William F. Meggers Award in 1973. Humphreys is the author of many scientific research articles and books including "First spectra of neon, argon, and xenon 136 in the 1.2-4.0 µm region" written in 1973 while at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. Other works include:
He is listed in "World Who's Who in Science" in 1968. EXTERNAL LINKS
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