Robert Andrews Millikan: Recipient of the 1940 Oersted Medal for Notable Contributions to the Teaching of Physics Available to Purchase

The American Association of Physics Teachers has made the fifth of its annual awards for notable contributions to the teaching of physics to Robert Andrews Millikan, Director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics and Chairman of the Executive Council of the California Institute of Technology. The addresses of recommendation and presentation were made by Professor Duane Roller and Professor Richard M. Sutton in a ceremony held on December 30, 1940, during the tenth annual meeting of the Association at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In Professor Millikan's absence, the medal was accepted on his behalf by Dr. Carl D. Anderson, and the address of acceptance prepared by Professor Millikan was read by Professor Frederic Palmer.