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'''Harrison McAllister Randall''' (1970{{dubious}}-1969) was an American physicist whose leadership over the years 1915-1941 brought the University of Michigan to international prominence for its research in experimental and theoretical physics.
Prior to 1910, the Michigan Physics Department had been focused on precision metrology. Indeed Randall, who took all of his degrees at Michigan, had measured the coefficient of expansion of quartz for his own 1902 PhD thesis prior to his appointment to the Michigan faculty. But a sabbatical year (1910-11) spent in Tübingen, Germany exposed him to the astonishing range of developments in modern physics; guided by Friedrich Paschen, Randall became expert in the methods of infrared spectroscopy and decided it was a promising area for development in Ann Arbor.
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