First publication of the Rustad-Ruby experiment
The first report of the Rustad-Ruby experiment giving top-line results was published by The Physical Review six weeks after it was received
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The atomic age dawned with its awful complexities. Stan learned of it while encamped in the Philippines. Wu had a major hand in it
Attack on Pearl Harbor brings U.S. into the World War
The war years will be a transformative time for all Americans. Stan interrupted his studies at Columbia. Wu came to Columbia to do secret research
Stan evaluated the feasibility of gamma-ray lasers for the Air Force in 1964
Physical limitations make Mössbauer-based gamma beam technology impractical.
Stan listed Wu as a reference in his Argonne employment application form
Papers make clear that the Brookhaven experiment with Rustad was also the subject of Stan's Ph.D. thesis
From Stan's CV files: "This degree was not received"
Stan's Argonne job application contains a brief explanation of his Columbia graduate work
The rise and fall of the Army Specialized Training Program
Stan's technical training ended abruptly when ASTP cadets were called into active duty
The Ruby family lived in Washington Heights in 1925
671 W. 162nd Street is the second building from the corner of Riverside Drive.
Stan's training at Clemson is recorded in Army ASTP records
Stan served in the Army Specialist Training Program in the fall and winter of 1943-44
The experiment that went wrong—from Wu's perspective
Wu's actions in the Rustad-Ruby affair are covered in her Chinese biography