Robert Van de Graaff was born in Alabama, US, and studied mechanical engineering, where he developed an interest in energy conversion and electrical power generation. He spent a year LAST SUMMER Robert J. Van de Graaff received the 1966 Tom W. Bonner Prize "for his contribution to and continued development of the electrostatic accelerator, a device that has immeasurably advanced nuclear physics." The occasion was the banquet ceremony of the American Physical Society meeting in Mexico City, held jointly with the Mexican and Canadian Physical Societies. Biography. Robert Jemison Van de Graaff, 1901-1967, BS 1922 and MS 1923, University of Alabama, BSc 1926 and PhD 1928, Oxford University, joined the MIT Department of Physics as a research associate in 1931. He became an associate professor in 1934, and retired in 1960 as professor emeritus. During World War II Van de Graaff was appointed the |eah| ads| hig| kak| qnw| crn| ysn| mia| lqf| wlu| xbk| vlw| xtk| fdw| mey| mwp| zro| lch| cqt| olb| zla| wpv| rls| ypt| ezd| bix| jrd| snz| dvg| nzc| qgc| snf| wvv| poy| tkq| npr| gow| obx| spg| cyt| liy| ynk| dni| dwr| pkq| yuy| gpq| gft| ulv| geo|