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Mary
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Willard
H Bennett
Willard H
Bennett was the inventor of the radio frequency mass spectrometer.
George Edward
Alcorn, Jr.
George
Edward Alcorn, Jr. received a four-year academic scholarship to Occidental
College in Los Angeles, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in
Physics. George Edward Alcorn received his degree with honors while earning
eight letters in basketball and football. George Edward Alcorn earned a
Master of Science in Nuclear Physics in 1963 from Howard University, after
nine months of study. During the summers of 1962 and 1963, George Alcorn
worked as a research engineer for the Space Division of North America Rockwell.
He was involved with the computer analysis of launch trajectories and orbital
mechanics for Rockwell missiles, including the Titan I and II, Saturn IV,
and the Nova.
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- Patent Number 4,618,380 - Method of fabricating an imaging X-ray spectrometer
In
1967, George Edward Alcorn earned a Ph.D. in Atomic and Molecular Physics
from Howard University. Between 1965-67 Alcorn conducted research on negative
ion formation under a NASA-sponsored grant. Dr. George Edward Alcorn holds
eight patents in the United
States and Europe on semiconductor technology, one of which is a method
of fabricating an imaging X-ray spectrometer. His area of research includes:
adaptation of chemical ionization mass spectrometers for the detection
of amino acids and development of other experimental methods for planetary
life detection; classified research involved with missile reentry and missile
defense; design and building of space instrumentation, atmospheric contaminant
sensors, magnetic mass spectrometers, mass analyzers; and development of
new concepts of magnet design and the invention of a new type of x-ray
spectrometer.and limbs.
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