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memorial project joseph gier and his patent for the black body reflectometer us3216310a 1910 1961 when joseph thomas gier was appointed associate professor of electrical engineering at uc berkeley in 1952 he became the first tenured black professor in the entire university of california educational system and the first tenured black faculty member in a stem field and the second in any field at a top ranked predominantly white university in the country the first was w allison davis a professor of education at the university of chicago who earned tenure in 1947 wasn t david blackwell first although many in the university now celebrate statistician david blackwell as the first black ladder rank professor at berkeley he had a dorm named in his honor in august 2018 gier was still acknowledged as the first until at least 2003 when he was the subject of a quiz question printed in the general catalog it is likely that blackwell s oral history which was also published in 2003 played a role in the confusion in the interview history at the beginning of the document nadine wilmot states when dr blackwell came to uc berkeley in 1954 after a decade at howard university in washington d c he became we think the first african american ladder rank faculty person systemwide however in the interview itself blackwell states that he wouldn t be surprised if gier had beaten him to it he was certainly here when i came and he had some kind of faculty position there s no doubt about that you have to be careful when you talk about firsts it would be correct to say that david blackwell was the first black full professor at uc berkeley gier became a full professor in 1958 early history joseph gier 1928 joe gier was born in new orleans on july 2 1910 the third child of joseph thomas sr a porter and alice genevieve fazende a dressmaker both from louisiana his father died when he was 3 months old and he and his sisters moved with their mother to oakland where she took a job as a domestic joe grew up in oakland and attended roosevelt high school where he appears to have been an extremely well rounded student he was on the honor roll participated in the christmas pageant sang with the hilltop harmonists a double quartette choir and was selected for membership in the alpha gatta club which provided leadership opportunities for students who are outstanding in scholarship and citizenship he was a member of both the social studies and visual education groups the latter of which used burgeoning educational technologies like stereographs and slides to bring the world to the pupil he was the manager of the varsity baseball team and a letterman in both baseball and basketball each high school senior was summed up with a quote in the yearbook and gier s was in every thought so good and kind after high school graduation in 1928 gier worked briefly as a chauffeur and pullman porter before being accepted to uc berkeley in 1930 he was elected president of the university of california alpha epsilon chapter of the alpha phi alpha apa fraternity in 1932 and lived on twenty first street in oakland he earned his bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering me in 1933 and is the earliest known black student to earn a b s in me from berkeley when gier graduated from college he looked for work as an engineer but could only find employment as a designing draftsman for the alameda high school system and as an estimator and layout man for dempsey electrical a private contractor so he returned to berkeley in 1937 as a laboratory assistant and earned his master s degree in engineering in 1940 gier married kathryn beatrice catley of los angeles in 1939 and they had two sons ronald joseph and keith donald gier dunkle instruments robert dunkle 1977 gier formed a professional partnership with me prof robert valentine dunkle in 1943 he and dunkle helped define the basic concept of the use of spectral selectivity for the efficient photothermal conversion of solar radiation and they became world experts in the field of thermal and luminous radiation associates considered gier s reports on thermal radiation basic references in the field and his method of measurement of reflectivity and emissivity over the complete range from 1 0 to 23 microns became recognized as a standard method it is notable that although dunkle was described by former berkeley chancellor and me professor chang lin tien as a famous radiation professor gier s name appears first on their joint inventions they started a business together to produce their instruments and appear to have been good friends outside of work gier was listed on eight patents filed between 1948 and 1960 six of which listed him as the primary contributor he contributed in a large share to the developement of the first practical heat flow meter in 1948 to measure heat losses through the walls of engineering structures five of his patents were for instruments co created by gier and dunkle including the gier dunkle total hemispherical radiometer which remained in widespread use for years throughout the world by scientists studying heat balances and heat transfer problems the gier dunkle infrared reflectometer which is still in use today because of its relative speed and accuracy and the gier dunkle black body reflectometer which became standard equipment in america s space laboratories where it was used to help select materials which could withstand the searing heat of the sun in outer space light and portable the black body reflectometer was often operated directly on a standing spacecraft for periodic preflight monitoring of coatings properties it was also used to design equipment to harness solar energy on earth gier s inventions generated revenue for the university of california dunkle who was a quaker left the university and moved to australia in 1959 because he did not want his research used for military purposes read more technical descriptions of a few gier dunkle instruments career at berkeley gier began his career at uc berkeley in 1939 as a lab technician for the california highway patrol illumination laboratory a uc research project that functioned as the agency which tested headlights taillights and signaling devices for the state of california division of motor vehicles he was promoted to chief engineer just two years later to fill the seat vacated by his mentor the associate dean of engineering llewellyn michael kraus boelter who left berkeley to found the college of engineering at the university of california los angeles ucla gier was hired as a half time lecturer in the ee division in 1946 and was considered by many to be the best laboratory instructor ever to teach in electrical engineering at berkeley he did not try to dazzle his students with his erudition his colleagues said his goal was always imparting understanding he had an office in 73 cory hall and spent the other half of his appointment as the supervisor of the thermal radiation project for the office of naval research onr in the institute of engineering research ier he collaborated on projects with researchers at ucla and uc davis including developing instrumentation to study micro climatology he served as a consultant to the us department of agriculture in relation to climatology and environmental studies on animals the us army engineers cooperative snow survey in which he provided instrumentation to study energy balances on snow packs as to the effects on snow melting and flood control isoflex corporation where he evaluated the performance of various types and combinations of low temperature insulation materials for use in refrigerators and vehicles coast counties gas association where he designed load studies pertaining to gas distribution systems and providing thermal instruments to various companies that manufactured glass and plastics and constructed cooling towers he was a very early proponent of solar energy research and energy conservation he presented a paper at the first ever international conference on solar energy held in tucson arizona in 1955 titled selective spectral characteristics as an important factor in the efficiency of solar collectors at the time of his death his research was dedicated almost exclusively to solar energy he was elected to full membership in the scientific honor society sigma xi in 1949 a recognition bestowed by invitation only to one who has shown noteworthy achievement as an original investigator in a field of pure or applied science he was also a member of the electrical engineering honor society eta kappa nu hkn and the american association for the advancement of science and a full member of both the illuminating engineering society ies and the american society of refrigerating engineering asre gier won the apa man of the year award in 1950 for achievements in the university and was put in charge of the standards laboratory in cory hall which was used by most departments in the university and by scores of outside companies as a west coast bureau of standards aircraft industries requested numerous measurements from him for various materials used in jet engines and rocket type missiles the dual nature of gier s research interests which straddled me and ee may have complicated his career trajectory nonetheless he was promoted to associate professor of electrical engineering with tenure in 1952 he attained the top step of the associate professorship in 1955 and remained there until he was promoted to full professor in 1958 influence gier was known for his patience kindness and compassion he had a friendly and unassuming manner was an excellent listener and took a deep personal interest in his students edmund bussey 49 thought to be one of the first black students to earn a b s in electrical engineering from berkeley said that he looked upon him as a role model and one colleague described him as integrity personified the apa gave him a second award in 1956 for outstanding service to the community and fraternity and he was honored by the los angeles urban league in 1960 in appreciation of an outstanding contribution to the urban league goal of improving living conditions for minority groups through inter racial cooperation and action shortly after his promotion to full professor in 1958 he transferred to ucla at boelter s invitation his research projects always straddled the fields of me and ee but as his interest in solar energy grew it became clear that the ee department was no longer a good fit for him he had also been suffering from high blood pressure an hoped the move to southern california might improve his health he finally succumbed to his illness on june 22 1961 at age 50 at the height of his career the morrin gier martinelli heat transfer memorial laboratory at ucla was partially named in his honor gier s co honorees raymond c martinelli and earl h morrin both studied the thermodynamics of heat transfer and died from leukemia brought on by exposure to beryllium while doing research on molten metals the lab is still used today for investigating single and two phase convective heat transfer in energy applications various aspects of radiation transfer in biological systems and for material synthesis and characterization joseph gier s legacy lives on he quietly inspired and influenced the lives of many people who in turn influenced the lives of others by setting a precedent he made it easier for those who followed him and enriched the academic and scientific landscape for everyone lasting change happens slowly and gier who believed in the inherent goodness of man led by example how did berkeley lose track of joseph gier two primary factors contributing to gier s forgotten legacy were probably his untimely death in 1961 at the age of 50 and his transfer from berkeley to ucla three years before during which time he was only able to work intermittently most of the students who knew him at berkeley had left by 1961 and he had not yet had time to fully establish himself at his new campus before his death recognition and appreciation of african american contributions only became part of popular american consciousness after the black power movement which had not yet begun when gier died and which would not peak for another decade his youngest students were born one generation too early to bring that awareness with them when they arrived at berkeley in 1960 the field of solar energy was still considered primitive photovoltaics were first developed in 1954 and would not gain widespread public attention until the energy crisis of the 1970s gier was at least a decade ahead of his time although gier s career milestone had been noted in the journal of blacks in higher education his achievements as a scientist educator and african americon were so singular they appear to have predated a society prepared to recognize them family legacy joseph and kathryn gier s son keith who was only 13 when his father died graduated from cal poly with a bs in 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