page_title: William V. Houston
hierarchical_section_title: William V. Houston
caption_attribution_description: William V. Houston, Copenhagen 1963
context_page_description: William Vermillion Houston was an American physicist who made contributions to spectroscopy, quantum mechanics, and solid-state physics as well as being a teacher and administrator. He became the second president of Rice University in 1946.
  His family name is pronounced HOW-stun, in contrast to the pronunciation of the city of Houston in which he lived for much of his career.
context_section_description: William Vermillion Houston (January 19, 1900 – August 22, 1968) was an American physicist who made contributions to spectroscopy, quantum mechanics, and solid-state physics as well as being a teacher and administrator.  He became the second president of Rice University in 1946.
  His family name is pronounced HOW-stun, in contrast to the pronunciation of the city of Houston in which he lived for much of his career.
caption: 1963 in Copenhagen
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