Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03

|TdIneu PHYSICIST dnQ
|CU Professor, Dies
DR.. John Charles Hubbard. rs,
one Of the Nations most dis
tinguished physicists, collapsed
and died late yesterday at Cath
Ole University, where he was
research professor in ultrasonics.
DR.. Hubbard was found un-
conscious about 3:45 pm,
slumped over his desk in the
basement of McHahon Hall, by
the Rev. Frank A. Gutowski,
student. DR.. Hubbard was pro-
nounced dead Is minutes later
by DR.. John r. Brennan. jr.,
1T04 Michigan avenue NE. who
had been treating the physicist
for a heart condition. The body
was removed to the James T.
Ryan funeral home, BIT Penn
sylvania avenue Sc.
A native of Boulder. Colo. DR..
Hubbard. who lived at 1904 Thir-
teenth place NE, received his
bachelor of science degree from
the University Of Colorado in
1901.
He received his doctorate in
philosophy from Clark University
in Worcester, Mass. in 1904. In
1888. he was awarded an honor
airy doctorate in laws from
Loyola College in Baltimore.
Began Teaching.
During 1904 and 1905, DR..
Hubbard was an instructor in
physics at Simmons College in
Boston, and from 1905 to 1906 he
was assistant professor Of physics
! at New York University. For the
next four years. he had the same
position at Clark University.
He became professor Of physics
at Clark in 1910 and in 1916
headed the physics department
there. From 1916 to 1927 he
headed the physics department
at NYU.
For the next 10 years, he was
professor Of physics at Johns
Hopkins University, and was with
that schools Physics Radiation
Laboratory from 1916 to 1947.
Then he went to Catholic Uni
versity as research professor, the
Office he held at his death.
World War / Officer.
DR.. Hubbard's military record
started as a captain in the Army
Signals Corps and later he be-
came a major during World War
I. In World War II, he was
a member of the National De-
Tense Research Council and.
from 1943 to 1947, was a tech
nical expert assigned to the
Aberdeen (Md.) Proving ground,
and until death was q consult
ant to this unit.
His associations with organiza-
tons in the field of physics were
numerous.
DR.. Hubbard was a fellow of
the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, the American
Physicists Society. the Acoustical
Society Of American, in which he
Society OF America, in which he
American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
He was a member of the Ma
tlonal Research Council from
1881 to 1888, and an officer of
the French Academy in 1919,
His writings were many. They
included a manual Of experi-
ments in physics, written in
1885; papers on oscillations,
sound waves and ultrasonics and
the phenomenon of vision.
In Editor Roll
He was an associate editor of
the Physical Review from 1881
to 1884. DR.. Hubbard also was
an associate officer of the Naval
Research Laboratory, a member
OF Sigma Xxi, and the American
Association of University Profess
sors.
He was engaged in post-doc-
toral research in higher physics.
Students from as far away as
Italy. Turkey. Iran and India
came here to study under him.
DR.. Hubbard received the
Mendel Medal from Villanova
College in 1916 for distinguished
work in his field. In addition to
ultsasonics. he specialized in re-
lated technical fields, including
the relaxation effects of acous-
tics.
His widow, who survives him.
is the former Gertrude Lenore
Pardieck. There also is a sister.
Miss Helen Hubbard, of Phoe-
nix. Ariz.. and a brother, Ed
ward, of Chico, Calf.
Burial will be in Richmond.
Ind. Services will be held here
at 10 tomorrow morning in the
Shrine Of the Immaculate Con-
ception.