ROBERT MILLIKAN

HISTORY

• Born 22 March 1868 Morrison Illinois
• Received bachelors degree in Oberlin College in 1891
• Received doctorate in physics in Columbia University in 1895

In 1908 he did an oil-drop experiment which discovered the charge of a single electron

This was the formula he used to find it out.

Millikan's value for the charge of a single electron was slightly incorrect.

AWARDS

• Comstock Prize (1913)
• IEEE Edison Medal (1922)
• Noble Prize in Physics(1923)
• Hughes Medal (1923)
• Matteucci Medal (1925)
• ASME Medal (1937)
• Franklin Medal (1937)
• Oersted Medal (1940)
• Medal for Merit (1949)

MILITARY CAREER

• Allegiance: United States of America
• Served: United States Army from 1917-1918
• He was a lieutenant colonel
• Unit:Aviation Section U.S. Signal Corps.

FAMILY

• Spouse: Greta née Blanchard
• Children: Clark Blanchard
• Glenn Allan
• Max Franklin

Millikan died from a heart attack at his home in San Marino, California at the age of 85