Ph. D.

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See also: Ph.D. and PhD

English

Noun

Ph. D. (plural Ph. D's)

  1. Alternative form of Ph.D.
    • 1962 November 21, “Most Ph.D’s ever given here”, in Ames Daily Tribune, volume 96, number 121, Ames, Iowa, page one, column 8:
      Frank E. French Jr., 596 Pammel Court, entomology, Ph. D.; Curtis L. Dixon, 445 Pammel Court, chemistry; Phillip M. Padellford, 451 Pammel Court, physical education; Carl A. Anderson, 148 Pammel Court, soil fertility, Ph. D.; Daryl S. Bates, 1412 Hawthorn Apts., physiological bacteriology, Ph. D.;
    • 1964 November 9, Phil Keif, “Prolific Family In Kids, Degrees”, in Springfield Leader and Press, volume XXXII, number 153, Springfield, Mo., page 1, column 6:
      What about the women in that remarkable Fletcher family, the family of Ph. D’s from whence came the new president of the University of Utah, Dr. James C. Fletcher?
    • 1967 January 11, “12 Ph.D’s Librarians”, in New Castle News, eighty-fifth year, number 262, New Castle, Pa., page twenty, column 8:
      American graduate schools granted only six doctorates in the field of computer science or systems analysis in the 1965 academic year, according to a U. S. Office of Education study. Another little - explored field was library science, with only 12 Ph. D’s.
    • 1969 April 14, “April Showers Moved Wedding Indoors”, in Salinas Californian, ninety-eighth year, number 89, Salinas, Calif., page 8:
      Both the bride, a teaching assistant at the University of Arizona, and her husband are working toward their Ph. D’s.
    • 1971 May 27, “24 Local Students Among ‘U’ Graduates”, in The Daily Herald, 98th year, number 214, Provo, Utah, page 6, column 7:
      He will be teaching assistant at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, while studying for his Ph. D.