Lindvall, Frederick Charles (Electrical Engineer)
Dates
- Existence: 1903 - 1989
Biographical/Historical
Background: Caltech Professor of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, 1931-1970; Chairman, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, 1945-1969; Caltech alumnus (Ph.D., 1928).
Biographical/Historical
Collection Notes: Oral history, 1978. This 84 page oral history covers Lindvall's childhood, graduate work at Caltech for Francis Maxstadt, recollections of Clark Millikan, teaching engineering at Caltech, war rocket work with Lauritsen and others, campus matters during the war years, revising the engineering curriculum, role as head of the engineering division, trip to the Soviet Union to look at engineering education, trip to Africa, engineering institute in India, and his earthquake consulting firm (Lindvall, Richter and Associates).
Papers. This collection is currently unprocessed.
Collection size: 7 storage boxes, 7 linear ft.
Preliminary inventory available at the Archives.
Photo of Frederick C. Lindvall (PhotoNet).
Restrictions: Limited access (unprocessed).
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Academic hood and mortar board, Purdue University, honorary degree, 1966
Academic hood and Tudor bonnet, Trinity College, Dublin, honorary degree, 1963
Academic hood, Caltech PhD, 1928
Frederick Lindvall Oral History Interview with Ann Scheid, 1978-11-17 - 1978-12-08
Frederick Lindvall Oral History Interview with Ann Scheid [sound recording], 1978-11-17 - 1978-12-08
Lindvall Photographs
Papers Of Frederick Lindvall [Unprocessed]
The Early Days Of Electrical Engineering At CIT and Prof. Royal Sorensen
Additional filters:
- Type
- Unprocessed Material 7
- Archival Object 3
- Subject
- Engineering 4
- Faculty 3
- Memorabilia 3
- Manuscript Collection 1
- Memorial 1
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