William Atlas Longacre

b. 3 August 1906, Carthage, TN
d. 23 Jan 1992, MI

B.S. and E.Met. MCMT, 1929
M.A. MCMT, 1941

Geophysics Research Asst., MCMT, 1929-1937
Instructor of Math and Physics, MCMT, 1929-1937
Asst. Prof Math and Physics, MCMT, 1937-1944
Assoc. Prof. Math and Physics, MCMT, 1944-1948
Prof. Physics, MCMT/MTU, 1948-1971
Director of Geophysics, MTU, 1963-1971

Consultant Work

Mining & Milling Service Co., Ltd 1937
Consol. Min. & Smelting Co., Ltd, 1941-42
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co., 1946-1954

Memberships/Honors

Society for Engineering Education
Society of Exploratory Geophysics
Geophysics Union
Association of Physics Teachers

MCMT (MTU) Distinguished Teaching Award 1952
Physics Department Head 1954-1963
Golden Glove Boxer as Student, Bowler, Golfer
Manned Penalty Box at Tech Hockey Games many years
Chaired Athletic Board over 25 years
Graduate of Arsenal Technical HS, Indianapolis, IN

Publications

"Study of the Problem of Depth Determination by Means of Earth Resistivity Measurements," W. A. Longacre, AIME Tech Publication 1392, (1941).

"The Hotchkiss superdip as a vertical instensity magnetometer," W. A. Longacre, Trans AIME, TP3139L, Mining Engineering, p. 891, October (1951).

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