Keren was the oldest daughter of Clarence Alanson Gilmore and Eliza ELIZABETH Finch Gilmore. She had two sisters: Marguerite E Gilmore Harsh and Rhoda Irene Gilmore O'Neil. Keren also had three half-siblings from her father's first marriage to Alice Clendenning Gilmore. Keren's half-siblings were Mildred S Gilmore, Freeman Clendenning Gilmore, and Paul Howell Gilmore.
Keren married Dr. Walter Houser Brattain in 1935. From this marriage son William G Brattain was born on 3 April 1943 in New York City, New York.
Below is the verbatim obituary for Dr. Keren Gilmore Brattain from The Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey) date Friday, April 21, 1957, pg. 21.
DR KEREN BRATTIAN, COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Keren Gilmore Brattain o Chatham, former chemistry instructir at severak eastern colleges, died Wednesday in Memorial Hospital, New York. Her age was 52.
She wa the wife of Dr. Walter H. Brattain, who with Dr. John Bardeen and Dr. William Shockley received the Nobel prize in physics last December. They were cited for their discovery of the transistor effect.
Dr. Keren Brattain was born June 8, 1904, in Grand Rapids, Mich. She received a AB degree from Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio in 1925 and for the next two years was a teaching assistant at Smith College where she was awarded and MA degree in 1927.
The following year she served at Smith as in instructor in chemistry. From 1928-1932 she was a teaching assistant at the University of Minnesota and in 1932 there received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. She later taught chemistry at Wheaton College and at Drew University.
Surviving besides her husband, is a son, William Gilmore, 14; two sisters, Mrs. Marguerite G. Harsh, South Milwaukee. Wis., and Mrs. Rhoda G. O'Neil of Chicago; and two half-brothers, Freeman Gilmore of Detroit and Paul Gilmore of Rochester.
A memorial service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Craig Chapel, Drew University, Madison.
Keren married Dr. Walter Houser Brattain in 1935. From this marriage son William G Brattain was born on 3 April 1943 in New York City, New York.
Below is the verbatim obituary for Dr. Keren Gilmore Brattain from The Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey) date Friday, April 21, 1957, pg. 21.
DR KEREN BRATTIAN, COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Keren Gilmore Brattain o Chatham, former chemistry instructir at severak eastern colleges, died Wednesday in Memorial Hospital, New York. Her age was 52.
She wa the wife of Dr. Walter H. Brattain, who with Dr. John Bardeen and Dr. William Shockley received the Nobel prize in physics last December. They were cited for their discovery of the transistor effect.
Dr. Keren Brattain was born June 8, 1904, in Grand Rapids, Mich. She received a AB degree from Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio in 1925 and for the next two years was a teaching assistant at Smith College where she was awarded and MA degree in 1927.
The following year she served at Smith as in instructor in chemistry. From 1928-1932 she was a teaching assistant at the University of Minnesota and in 1932 there received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. She later taught chemistry at Wheaton College and at Drew University.
Surviving besides her husband, is a son, William Gilmore, 14; two sisters, Mrs. Marguerite G. Harsh, South Milwaukee. Wis., and Mrs. Rhoda G. O'Neil of Chicago; and two half-brothers, Freeman Gilmore of Detroit and Paul Gilmore of Rochester.
A memorial service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Craig Chapel, Drew University, Madison.
Keren was the oldest daughter of Clarence Alanson Gilmore and Eliza ELIZABETH Finch Gilmore. She had two sisters: Marguerite E Gilmore Harsh and Rhoda Irene Gilmore O'Neil. Keren also had three half-siblings from her father's first marriage to Alice Clendenning Gilmore. Keren's half-siblings were Mildred S Gilmore, Freeman Clendenning Gilmore, and Paul Howell Gilmore.
Keren married Dr. Walter Houser Brattain in 1935. From this marriage son William G Brattain was born on 3 April 1943 in New York City, New York.
Below is the verbatim obituary for Dr. Keren Gilmore Brattain from The Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey) date Friday, April 21, 1957, pg. 21.
DR KEREN BRATTIAN, COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Keren Gilmore Brattain o Chatham, former chemistry instructir at severak eastern colleges, died Wednesday in Memorial Hospital, New York. Her age was 52.
She wa the wife of Dr. Walter H. Brattain, who with Dr. John Bardeen and Dr. William Shockley received the Nobel prize in physics last December. They were cited for their discovery of the transistor effect.
Dr. Keren Brattain was born June 8, 1904, in Grand Rapids, Mich. She received a AB degree from Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio in 1925 and for the next two years was a teaching assistant at Smith College where she was awarded and MA degree in 1927.
The following year she served at Smith as in instructor in chemistry. From 1928-1932 she was a teaching assistant at the University of Minnesota and in 1932 there received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. She later taught chemistry at Wheaton College and at Drew University.
Surviving besides her husband, is a son, William Gilmore, 14; two sisters, Mrs. Marguerite G. Harsh, South Milwaukee. Wis., and Mrs. Rhoda G. O'Neil of Chicago; and two half-brothers, Freeman Gilmore of Detroit and Paul Gilmore of Rochester.
A memorial service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Craig Chapel, Drew University, Madison.
Keren married Dr. Walter Houser Brattain in 1935. From this marriage son William G Brattain was born on 3 April 1943 in New York City, New York.
Below is the verbatim obituary for Dr. Keren Gilmore Brattain from The Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey) date Friday, April 21, 1957, pg. 21.
DR KEREN BRATTIAN, COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Keren Gilmore Brattain o Chatham, former chemistry instructir at severak eastern colleges, died Wednesday in Memorial Hospital, New York. Her age was 52.
She wa the wife of Dr. Walter H. Brattain, who with Dr. John Bardeen and Dr. William Shockley received the Nobel prize in physics last December. They were cited for their discovery of the transistor effect.
Dr. Keren Brattain was born June 8, 1904, in Grand Rapids, Mich. She received a AB degree from Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio in 1925 and for the next two years was a teaching assistant at Smith College where she was awarded and MA degree in 1927.
The following year she served at Smith as in instructor in chemistry. From 1928-1932 she was a teaching assistant at the University of Minnesota and in 1932 there received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. She later taught chemistry at Wheaton College and at Drew University.
Surviving besides her husband, is a son, William Gilmore, 14; two sisters, Mrs. Marguerite G. Harsh, South Milwaukee. Wis., and Mrs. Rhoda G. O'Neil of Chicago; and two half-brothers, Freeman Gilmore of Detroit and Paul Gilmore of Rochester.
A memorial service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Craig Chapel, Drew University, Madison.
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