Lyman James Briggs

Lyman James Briggs
3rd Director of the National Bureau of Standards
In office June 13, 1933 (1933-06-13) – November 5, 1945 (1945-11-05)
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	George K. Burgess
Succeeded by	Edward U. Condon
Personal details
Born	(1874-05-07)May 7, 1874 Assyria, Michigan, U.S.
Died	March 25, 1963(1963-03-25) (aged 88) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse	Katharine Cook
Children	2, including Isabel
Alma mater	Michigan Agricultural College University of Michigan Johns Hopkins University
Occupation	Engineer, physicist, administrator
Scientific career
Fields	Applied physics
Institutions	US Department of Agriculture National Bureau of Standards
Thesis	On the absorption of water vapor and of certain salts in aqueous solution by quartz (1901)
Doctoral advisor	Henry Augustus Rowland

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Lyman James Briggs (May 7, 1874 – March 25, 1963) was an American engineer, physicist and administrator. He was a director of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) during the Great Depression and chairman of the Uranium Committee^[1] before America entered the Second World War. The Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University is named in his honor.^[2]