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Dr. Wilkins 1944 Yearbook photo . J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr., is well known for his important contributions in the fields of nuclear engineering and theoretical and applied mathematics and physics. J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. (1923-2011) was a prominent African American mathematician and physicist who worked at the University of Chicago Met Lab during the Manhattan Project.Wilkins entered the University of Chicago in 1936 at the age of 13, becoming one of the youngest students to ever attend the university. It was filed under Uncategorized and was tagged with American mathematician and nuclear scientist, celebrity deaths, J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr, stars that died. [9][4] Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Photo Courtesy of Tuskegee Institute.
During his studies, and various careers he was not untouched by the prevalent racism that existed for much of his life. In 1944 he returned to the University of Chicago where he served first as an associate mathematical physicist and then as a physicist in its Metallurgical Laboratory, as part of the Manhattan Project. This phone number is for the Los Alamos Unit Visitor Center. ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Dr. Wilkins entered the University of Chicago in 1936, at the age of 13 graduating with his A.B. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out / Dr. Taylor graduated as valedictorian in 1935, with a degree in chemistry from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. This entry was posted on June 15, 2011 by kterrl. Dr. Wilkins entered the University of Chicago in 1936 when only 13 years old and in so doing he became the youngest ever student at that university. at age 18, and finally went on to complete a Ph.D in mathematics at the University of Chicago, graduating in 1942 at age 19. His intelligence led to him being referred to as a “negro genius” in the media. In 1970, Dr. Wilkins was appointed as Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematical Physics at Howard University. Dr. J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. Dr. Wilkins 1944 Yearbook photo . [4] Working under the direction of Arthur Holly Compton and Enrico Fermi, Wilkins researched the extraction of fissionable nuclear materials, but was not told of the research group’s ultimate goal until after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. From 1977 to 1984 Wilkins worked at EG&G Idaho, becoming Vice President and Deputy General Manager for Science and Engineering. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. He earned a MS in chemistry at Fisk University in Nashville, TN, in 1940.
[2] His father, J. Ernest Wilkins, a prominent attorney, was assistant Secretary of … Manhattan Project National Historical Park. Dr. Knox was a research associate and section leader for the corrosion section of Columbia University's nuclear research team.
Wilkins’ father J Ernest Wilkins, Sr. was an equally notable figure, but in different spheres. Dr. Knox was a civil rights activist for housing equality in Rochester, New York until the 1960s. [2] One of Wilkins’ grandfathers was also notable for founding St. Mark’s Methodist Church in New York City. “Bringing it on line is a tremendous victory, not only for the site, but for the entire cleanup mission.”. (505) 661-6277 He became Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics at Clark Atlanta University in 1990. Dr. Wilkins entered the University of Chicago in 1936 when only 13 years old and in so doing he became the youngest ever student at that university. with Herbert Goldstein and L. Volume Spencer. He spent the last year before he officially retired as a Fellow at the Argonne National Laboratory. Jesse Ernest Wilkins, Jr., was born in Chicago on November 27, 1923.
In 1958 he was appo… He was appointed Assistant Secretary of Labor in 1954 by president Dwight D. Eisenhower and thus became the first African American to hold a sub-cabinet position in the United States Government. From 1925-1928 Dr. Knox taught at Johnson C. Smith College in North Carolina. Agwu, Nkechi & Nkwanta, Asamoah, “Dr J Ernest Wilkins, Jr.: The Man and His Works: Mathematician, Physicist and Engineer”, Nathaniel Dean, ed., African Americans in Mathematics, (Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 1997), pp.195–205; “J. He remained a consultant at the Argonne National Laboratory after he retired in 1985.
Wilkins has received a large number of honors for his work. He was a mathematician at the American Optical Company in Buffalo, New York from 1946 to 1950. He went on to study at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton in 1942.
He continued to study at Chicago until earning his Ph.D. in 1942, at the age of 19.
Change ). [2][10], Wilkins had two children with his first wife Gloria Louise Steward (d.1980) whom he married in June 1947,[1][7] and subsequently married Maxine G. Malone. In 1970, he was appointed to Howard University as Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematical Physics. He was elevated to Fellow of ANS in 1964. Throughout his years of research Wilkins published more than 100 papers on a variety of subjects, including differential geometry, linear differential equations, integrals, nuclear engineering, gamma radiation shielding and optics, garnering numerous professional and scientific awards along the way. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. He taught at Lincoln University, until enrolling in the University of Chicago in 1939, earning his M.S. Wilkins was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 27, 1923 to Lucile Beatrice Robinson Wilkins who held a master’s degree and taught in the Chicago Public School system. After teaching for a short time at the Tuskegee Institute he returned to the University of Chicago to work on the Manhattan Project in the Metallurgical Laboratory in 1944, until 1946. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications. From 1990 Wilkins lived and worked in Atlanta, Georgia as a Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics at Clark Atlanta University, and retired again for his last time in 2003. J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. was elected the 20th president of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). After this Wilkins held a number of academic and non-academic appointments.
( Log Out / In 1972, Dr. Taylor received a Certificate of merit from Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson for his contributions to the Manhattan Project. In 1940 Wilkins completed his B.Sc. After leaving the Manhattan Project in 1946, Wilkins worked in industry. This phone number is for the Los Alamos Unit Visitor Center.
As part of a widely varied and notable career, Wilkins contributed to the Manhattan Project during the Second World War.
His intelligence led to him being referred to as a “negro genius” in the media. Dr. Massie was assigned to the Manhattan Project research team in 1942, at the University of Iowa, until 1946. The Wikins Effect, plus the Wigner-Wilkins and Wilkins Spectra, discovered during the 1940s, are named or co-named after him; In March 2007 Wilkins was honored by his, with Robert L. Hellens and Paul E. Zweifel “Status of Experimental and Theoretical Information on Neutron Slowing-Down Distributions in Hydrogenous Media,” in, “Mean Number of Real Zeroes of a Random Trigonometric Polynomial. [4] During his tenure at Howard he undertook a sabbatical position as a visiting scientist at Argonne National Laboratory from 1976 to 1977. He established a Ph.D. program in mathematics at Howard University, making it the first traditional Black University to have such a program.