 Irwin Roman
b. 2 May 1893, St. Louis, MO
d. 29 May 1976, Baltimore, MD
AB, Washington (St Louis), 1913
AM Chicago, 1915
PhD Chicago, 1920
(Thesis Title: The Transformation of Waves through a
Symmetrical Optical Instrument,
advisor - Arthur C. Lunn. See Phys. Rev. 18, 62-77 (1921).)
Inst. Math, Northwestern, 1916-1923
Assoc. Prof. Math, Vanderbilt, 1923-1925
Mathematical Physicist, Amerada Corp. And Geophys. Research Corp., 1925-30
Consulting Mathematical Physicist, 1930-1931
Asst. Prof. Math and Physics, Michigan College of Mining and Technology, 1931-1935
(Was on leave the last year to do
ground resistivity studies in Southern Nevada)
Senior Geophysicist, US Bur. Of Mines and Geological Survey (USGS), 1935-
Misc.
Only child, Nancy Grace Roman, attended Houghton Central School for grades 3 to 5.
She later became Chief of Astronomy for NASA. She credits, in part, views of the
Northern Lights seen when living in Houghton as a possible factor leading to her
career in astronomy.
Publications by Irwin Roman During MCMT Years
Roman, I., Least Squares in Practical Geophysics, AIME, Transactions,
Geophysical Prospecting, pp. 460-506, 1932.
Roman, I., The Calculation of Electrical Resistivity for a Region Underlying
Two Uniform Layers, Terrestrial Magnetism, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 117-140,
and Vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 165-202, 1933.
Roman, I., Analysis of Seismic Profiles, AIME Contribution no. 64,
35 pp., 1933 (reprinted in MCMT Bull. Vol 7, no. 2, 1934).
Roman, I., Some Interpretations of Earth-Resistivity Data, AIME
Contribution no. 66, 15 pp., 1934.
Roman, I., and Sermon, T. C., A Magnetic Gradiometer, AIME Technical
Publication no. 542, 17 pp, 1934.
Roman, I., and Sermon, T. C., Some Recent Methods of
Magnetic Prospecting, MCMT Bull., Vol 8, No. 1, 1934.
Roman, I., and Sermon, T. C., Some Magnetic Gradiometer Developments
During 1934-35, American Geophysical Union Transactions, 16th annual
meeting, Wash. D.C., pt. 1, pp 181-188, National Research Council, 1935.
Roman, I., Some Recent Methods of Seismic and Electrical Prospecting,
MCMT Bull., Vol. 8, No. 2, 1935.
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