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Dr. John Charles Hubbard - 1946
 Hubbard, John Charles, physicist; born in Boulder Colorado on April 16, 1879
to James Edwin and Rhoda Maude (Duke) Hubbard; Bachelor of Science, University
of Colorado, 1901; Ph.D. Clark University, 1904. LL.D., Loyola College,
Baltimore, 1938. Married Gertrude L. Pardieck, February 9, 1929. Instructor in
physics at Simmons College, Boston. 1904-1905; Assistant professor of physics
department, New York University, 1904-1906, Clark University, 1906-1911;
Professor of physics Clark college, 1911-1916; professor and head of physics
department, New York University, 1916-1927; professor same, Johns Hopkins
University, 1927-1946; physicist, Radiation Laboratory, Johns Hopkins
University, 1946-1947; research professor of physics, Catholic University of
America, 1947---. Director of summer work in physics, New York University, 1906,
University of Colorado, 1912, 1914: research engineer, Western Electric Company,
summer 1917. Commander captain Signal Corps, U.S.R. Division of Research and
Inspection, September 29, 1917; active service in France, information sect.
Office of chief signal Officer, A.E.F.; official historian, Signal corps, A.E.F.;
major, October 4, 1918; discharged May 20, 1919. Awarded Mendal Medal, Villanova
College, 1946. Officier d'Academie Instruction Publique, 1919. Fellow A.A.A.S.,
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society; member of Beta
Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi; representative of the American Institution
of Physics on American Engring. Standards Com.; member at large Division of
Physical Sciences of National Research Council, 1931-1933; sec. member National
Defense Research Committee. Clubs: Johns Hopkins (Baltimore); Andiron (New
York). Author various papers giving results of original physical research.
Associate editor Physical Rev., 1933-1935. Roman Catholic. Address: 4304 13th
Place N.E. Washington. Died August 2, 1954; buried Richmond, Ind.
Who Was Who in America. Volume III,
1951-1960. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1960. p. 424.
Johns Hopkins Professor Wins 1946 Villanova Science Award.
Villanova, Pa--Dr. John C. Hubbard of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, an
authority on ultrasonics -- the science of high frequency sounds -- is the 1946
winner of the Mendel Medal awarded by Villanova college, it has been announced
by the very Rev. Francis X. N. McGuire, O.S.A., president of the college.
The Mendel Medal was founded by Villanova College in 1928 in honor of the
Austrian Abbot whose scientific research resulted in the Mendelian Laws of
Heredity. It is awarded to outstanding Catholic Scientists who by their work
have advanced the cause of science, at the same time indicating that there is no
conflict between true science and religion.
Dr. Hubbard, who will be honored at formal presentation ceremonies here June 13,
is the first Mendel Medal winner since 1943, when Dr. George Speri Sperti of
Cincinnati received it. Other winners include Dr. John Kolmer of Temple
University, Philadelphia; Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon general of the U.S. Public
Health Service; Dr. Hugh Scott Taylor of Princeton University, N.J., and Dr.
Petrus J.W. Debue of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Dr. Hubbard, chairman of undergraduate physics at Johns Hopkins University and a
member of the faculty for 18 years, has gained world-wide fame for his research
in high frequency sound waves. He has developed instruments capable of measuring
distances as small as one hundred millionth of an inch. He has also investigated
many of the unusual biological and chemical effects produced by high frequency
sound waves. He devised a method to homogenize milk and olive oil, a benefit to
the health of thousands of infants.
Johns Hopkins Professor wins 1946
Villanova Science Award. New York: Catholic News, June 18, 1946.
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