President of MIT Karl Taylor Compton Hand Signed TLS JG Autographs COA

  
Karl Taylor Compton was born inWooster, Ohio, on September 14, 1887, the eldest of three brothers (includingArthur Compton andWilson Martindale Compton) and one sister, Mary. In 1908, he graduated from Woostercum laude with a bachelor of philosophy degree, then in 1909 his master's thesisA study of theWehnelt electrolytic interrupter was published inPhysical Review.