Talk:Arthur Compton

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Wow! Talk about an entry that needs work! No mention at all that Compton practically ran the Manhattan Project in its early days, or his work during WWII at the Metallurgical Laboratory! I will be back when I have more time.... --Fastfission 00:17, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Agree that article probably needs to be completely rewritten. I've done piecemeal editing, but the product doesn't yet do justice to Compton's importance. --User:Cuppysfriend, 13 Jun 2005.

This article seems to get vandalized a lot. I tried to fix some that was never properly reverted. --Jacquelyn Marie 21:57, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

I'm changing the part that says Arthur's brother Wilson M. Compton was president of Washington University in St. Louis. Actually, Wilson was president of the State College of Washington, later Washington State University. Arthur himself was Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis, beginning in 1945. Ropcat 19:18, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Add his children?

Arthur Compton's son John Compton, was a, get this a Philosophy professor of mine, specializing in Kant and some existensialism at Vanderbilt University. Believe he is retired now, but he was a fairly notable guy. Perhaps some mention should be made of his children? I don't know if he had any other besides Dr. Compton Domhail 22:55, 31 March 2006 (UTC)