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Thomas A. Rabson academic papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 558
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, departmental records, course preparation materials, and course assistant records relating to Thomas A. Rabson’s career as professor of electrical engineering at Rice University. Also included are conference materials, reference materials, energy research studies and reports, and information concerning Dr. Rabson’s grant proposals, consultation with energy and electronics corporations and expertise in lasers and ferroelectric thin films.

Dates

  • 1950-2000

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Thomas A. Rabson academic papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical / Historical

Thomas A. Rabson was born in Houston, TX on July 31, 1932 and graduate from Lamar High School in 1950. He attended Rice University from 1950 to 1959, earning a Bachelor of Art, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Master of Arts in Physics, and Doctor of Philosophy in Physics. Dr. Rabson joined the Rice faculty in 1959 and built the Ph.D program for Electrical Engineering, graduating the first doctoral student in his department. He served as professor of electrical engineering from 1970-2000 and was chairman of the department from 1979-1984. He was an active member of IEEE, the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, and the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. Additionally, he was a Rice representative on the U.S. Council for Energy Awareness and a consultant of a number of energy, electronics, and geophysical corporations, including Shell Oil Company, Exxon USA, Texas Instruments, Inc., and Motorola, Inc. He is also a member of Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Tau, and Sigma Xi and served as a National Science Foundation Science Faculty Fellow in Basel, Switzerland from 1965-1966.He has received such honors as Who’s Who in the Southwest, American Men of Science, and program manager of Project Thesis Research at Rice University from 1968-1973. Dr. Rabson retired from Rice University after earning emeritus status in May 2000 and moved to Madisonville, Texas. He is widely recognized for his pioneering work in the field of lasers and his expertise on ferroelectric thin films and the properties and uses of lithium niobate.

Extent

3 Linear Feet ( (3 boxes) )

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

This collection contains correspondence, departmental records, course preparation materials, and course assistant records relating to Thomas A. Rabson’s career as professor of electrical engineering at Rice University. Also included are conference materials, reference materials, energy research studies and reports, and information concerning Dr. Rabson’s grant proposals, consultation with energy and electronics corporations, and expertise in lasers and ferroelectric thin films.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Mrs. Thomas A. Rabson in 2009.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Thomas A. Rabson academic papers, 1950-2000
Status
Completed
Date
2010
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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