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Herman Branson received a B.S. Summa
Cum Laude from Virginia State College in 1936. In 1939 he received his
Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Cincinnati. Appointed Assistant
Professor of Physics and Chemistry at Howard University, 1941-43. Named
Director of the ESMWT (Experimental Science and Mathematics W Technology)
Program in Physics at Howard (1942-44). Director of ASTRP courses in Physics
at Howard University. |
In 1947, Dr. Branson was named the Directory
of the Office of Naval Research and Atomic Energy Commission Projects in
Physics at Howard University. From 1946 to 1950 he was named Director of
the Research Corporation Project at Howard University. In 1944 Dr. Branson
became a full professor of Physics and was made Chairman of the Physics
Department of Howard University from 1941 to 1968. From 1968 to 1970, Dr.
Herman Branson was selected as President of Central State University. In
1970 Dr. Herman Branson became the President of Lincoln University and
served until his retirement in 1985.
Dr. Branson's research interests are
in mathematical biology and protein structure.
Dr. Herman Branson was an AAAS Fellow
(1936-1939). He is a member of Sigma Xi, the honor society for the American
Chemical Society and Sigma Pi Sigma, the society for the American Physics
Association. He was a Rosenwald Fellow and a senior fellow at the National
Research Council. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, American
Physical Society, Washington Academy of Science, Philosophical Society
of Washington, Carver Research Foundation, National Science Teachers Association,
the National Medical Fellowships (1971), and National Research Council
(1972 to present).
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