Bennett, Willard Harrison, 1903-
Willard Harrison Bennett National Inventors Hall of Fame materials, 1990-1991, undated.
The Willard Harrison Bennett National Inventors Hall of Fame materials contain materials regarding Bennett's posthumous induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio. The award specifically honored the Bennett radio frequency mass spectrometer, patented in 1955. These materials include biographical information, undated photographs, a press release, correspondence, the Summer 1991 edition of National Invention Center News, a publication from the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and newsclippings.
American physicist. Ph.D. physics, Ohio State University (1928). Professional experience includes: teaching at Ohio State University (1930-1938); director of research, Electronic Research Corporation (1938-1941); active duty during WWII (1941-1946); branch head and division consultant, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (1951-1961); Burlington Professor of Physics, North Carolina State University (1961-1976). He researched in the areas of plasma physics, astrophysics, geophysics, surface physics, and physical chemistry. Bennett held nearly 70 United States and foreign patents, including the radio frequency mass spectrometer, which he invented in 1955.
Bennett, Willard Harrison, 1903-
National Inventors Hall of Fame (U.S.)
Mass spectrometers
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