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Robert Millikan was Vice Chairman of the National Research Council during World War I.
During that time, he helped to develop anti-submarine and meteorological devices.
He received the Chinese Order of Jade.
In his private life, Millikan was an enthusiastic tennis player.
He was married and had three sons, the eldest of whom, Clark B. Millikan, became a prominent aerodynamic engineer.
Another son, Glenn, also a physicist, married the daughter ( Clare ) of George Leigh Mallory of " Because it's there " Mount Everest fame.
Glenn was killed in a climbing accident in Cumberland Mountains in 1947.
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