Buechner, William W. (William Weber), 1914-1985.
William W. Buechner papers, 1928-1978.
Buechner's career at MIT is documented in notes he took while a student, in course notes for classes he taught, 1951-1958, and his research notes on topics related to particle physics, 1951-1958. There are annual reports and records of the board of directors meetings of the High Voltage Engineering Corporation. Buechner's other professional activities are recorded in correspondence with individuals and organizations including the American Physical Society, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the Fund for Overseas Research Grants and Education. There are reprints of his articles on topics including accelerators and nuclear physics, 1941-1967.
William Weber Buechner, 1914-1985, S.B. 1935, and Ph.D. in physics, 1939, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, became an assistant professor of physics at MIT in 1942, associate professor in 1951, and professor in 1956. He was head of the Department of Physics, 1961-1967. In the 1920s he worked with Robert J. Van de Graaff on the development of the high voltage electrostatic generator, and in 1937 he became director of the Van de Graaff generator facility at MIT. He later helped plan MIT's Bates Linear Accelerator. During World War II he was associate director of the MIT High Voltage Laboratory. The focus of his research was on experimental nuclear physics with a particular interest in engineering applications of electrostatic generators.
Enge, Harald A.
Trump, John G.
Van de Graaf, Robert Jemison, 1901-1967
Brookhaven National Laboratory.
High Voltage Engineering Corporation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics -- Study and teaching -- 1948-1958.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Faculty -- Personal and professional papers.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. High Voltage Research Laboratory.
Particle accelerators -- Research.
AIP-ICOS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute Archives and Special Collections. M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA