| Birth | 14 Sep 1899 | Eveleth. Saint Louis County, Minnesota | | | |
| Graduated | Bef 1924 | University of Chicago receiving his bachelor's, Master's & doctoral degrees - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Occupation | 1924 | member of the faculty of University of Chicago - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Engagement | 15 Jun 1927 | Chicago, Cook County, Illinois - Elizabeth Pomeroy WELLS | | | |
| Occupation | 15 Jun 1927 | assistant professor of physics at University of Chicago - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Marriage | Abt 1928 | Elizabeth Pomeroy WELLS | | | |
| Occupation | 1929 | member of the faculty at Yale - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut | | | |
| Residence | Bef 1930 | & was on the faculty of the University of Chicago - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Residence | 21 Apr 1930 | at 392 Whitney Ave & was an associate professor at a university - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut | | | |
| Residence | 1 Apr 1935 | 208 Livingston - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut | | | |
| Occupation | 1940 - 1961 | chairman of Yale's physics department - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut | | | |
| Residence | 20 Apr 1940 | at 208 Livingston & was a assoc professor of physics at Yale University - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1941 | Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1941 | took a leave from Yale after being appointed by Secretary fo War - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1942 | American representative to the Canadian-British atomic energy research project - Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada | | | |
| Occupation | Sep 1945 | professor at Yale, returning a month after the first atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1946 | Long Island, New York | | | |
| Residence | 18 Apr 1950 | at 206 Livingston & was a professor at Yale - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1951 | New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut | | | |
| Residence | 11 Dec 1955 | & was chairman of the Physics Dept at Yale - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut | | | |
| Death | 3 Aug 1992 | Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut | | | |