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{{Short description|American university president (1901–1994)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Julius Adams Stratton | image = Julius Adams Stratton.jpg | caption = | order = 11th | title = President of [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] | term_start = 1959 | term_end = 1966 | predecessor = [[James Rhyne Killian]] | successor = [[Howard Wesley Johnson]] | order1 = 1st | title1 = Chancellor of [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] | term_start1 = 1956 | term_end1 = 1959 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = [[Paul E. Gray]] | president1 = [[James Rhyne Killian]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1901|5|18}} | birth_place = [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|6|22|1901|5|18}} | death_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S. | module = {{Infobox scientist | embed=yes | field = [[Electrical engineering]]<ref name=API /> | work_institution = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] | alma_mater = {{ublist|[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]|[[Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich]]}} | thesis_title = Streuungskoeffizient von Wasserstoff nach der Wellenmechanik | thesis_url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/301803695/ | thesis_year = {{small|1928}} | doctoral_advisors = {{ublist|[[Paul Scherrer]]|[[Hermann Weyl]]}} | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = [[Lan Jen Chu]] | notable_students = | known_for = Stratton-[[Lan Jen Chu|Chu]] integral equation | influences = | influenced = | awards = [[Medal for Merit]] {{small|(1946)}}<ref name=MoM>{{cite web | title=President Emeritus Julius Adams Stratton dies at 93 | website=[[MIT News]] | date=29 June 1994 | url=https://news.mit.edu/1994/stratton-0629 | access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref><br>Fellow of the [[American Physical Society|APS]] {{small|(1936)}}<ref>{{cite web|title=APS Fellow Archive|website=American Physical Society|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1936&unit_id=&institution=Massachusetts+Institute+of+Technology}} (search on year=1936 and institution=Massachusetts Institute of Technology)</ref><br>[[IEEE Medal of Honor]] {{small|(1957)}}<br>[[Faraday Medal]] {{small|(1961)}} }} }} '''Julius Adams Stratton''' (May 18, 1901 – June 22, 1994)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1994/stratton-0629.html|title=President Emeritus Julius Adams Stratton dies at 93|date=29 June 1994 }}</ref> was an American electrical engineer, physicist, and university administrator known for his contributions in applied electromagnetism. He attended the [[University of Washington]] for one year, where he was admitted to the [[Zeta Psi]] fraternity, then transferred to the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT), from which he graduated with a [[bachelor's degree]] in 1923 and a [[master's degree]] in 1926 both in [[electrical engineering]]. He then followed graduate studies in Europe and the Technische Hochschule of Zürich ([[ETH Zurich]]), Switzerland, awarded him the degree of Doctor of Science in 1928.<ref name="thesis-stratton-1928">{{cite thesis |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/301803695/ |title=Streuungskoeffizient von Wasserstoff nach der Wellenmechanik |date=1928 |publisher=[[Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich]] |type=Ph.D. |last=Stratton |first=Julius Adams |via=[[ProQuest]] |url-access=subscription |oclc=720868304 |trans-title=Scattering coefficient of hydrogen in wave mechanics}}</ref>
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