Paul Darwin Foote (March 27, 1888 – August 2, 1971) was a director of research and executive vice president of the Gulf Research and Development company, as well as the United States

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for Research and Engineering during the

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. He also served as a member of the industrial advisory group of the Atomic Energy Commission.

Education

Foote graduated in 1909 from Adelbert College, now Case Western Reserve University, with degrees in mathematics and

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. He received an MS degree from the University of Nebraska (now

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) in 1912. Foote received a PhD in physics in 1918 from the

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Notable works

Statistics on number of libraries is according to * ''The origin of spectra'': held in 277 libraries worldwide * ''Pyrometric practice'': held in 59 libraries worldwide * ''A new microphotometer for photographic densities'' by William Frederick Meggers: held in 17 libraries worldwide

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National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
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