Fay Lilford Partlo

b. 23 Mar 1901, Fairgrove, MI
d. 7 Aug 1996

EM, Mich College Mines, 1923
BS, Mich College Mines, 1926
Ph.M., U of Wisconsin, 1930

Asst. In Mathematics, MCM, 1922
Instr. Math and Physics, MCM 1923-1925
Asst. Prof. Math and Physics, MCMT, 1926-1935
Assoc. Prof. Math and Physics, MCMT, 1936-1943
Prof. Physics, MCMT, 1944-1953.
Physics Department Head, MCMT, 1944-1947.
Dean of College, MCMT, 1947-1953.
President, S. Dakota School of Mines, 1954-1966.
Prof. Physics, S. Dakota School of Mines, 1966-1971.

MCMT Coordinator of War Training Programs, 1943-1946.
MCMT Director of Extension Services, 1946-1954.
Awarded the Bliss Medal by the Society of American Military Engineers in 1965.
Described as a quiet man who led unobtrusively and without grandstanding.

Publications

Partlo, F. L., and Service, J. H., Seismic Refraction Methods Applied to Shallow Overburdens, AIME Trans Vol 110, p. 1, and Geophysical Prospecting 1934, pp. 473-492, 1934 (reprinted in MCMT Bull., vol 8, no. 2, 1935).

Partlo, F. L., and Service, J. H., Instantaneous Speeds in Air of Explosion Reports at Short Distances from the Source, Physics Vol. 6, No. 1, pp 1-5, 1935.

Essentials of General Physics, J. H. Service and F. L. Partlo (Edwards Bros, Ann Arbor, 1940).

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