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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectEugene Booth
Dates
September 28, 1912 – March 6, 2004
Authorized Form of Name
Booth, Eugene
Biography
Abstract
Eugene Booth was an American nuclear physicist. He participated in the first demonstration of nuclear fission in the United States at Columbia University and he was the director of Nevis Laboratories during the construction of the 385-Mev synchrocyclotron.
Important Dates
September 28, 1912Birth, Rome (Ga.).
1932Obtained BS, University of Georgia, Athens (Ga.).
1934Obtained MS, University of Georgia, Athens (Ga.).
1937Obtained DPhil in Physics, Oxford University, Oxford (England).
1937 – 1959Lecturer in Physics (1937-1941); Physicist, Division of War Research (1941-1946); Assistant Professor of Physics (1946-1947); Associate Professor of Physics (1947-1949); Professor of Physics (1949-1959); Director, Hudson Laboratories (1951-1952); Director, Nevis Laboratories (1952-1955); and Chair, Department of Physics (1955-1957), Columbia University, New York (N.Y.).
1959 – 1961Science Director, SACLANT Anti-Submarine Warfare Research Centre (SACLANT ASW Research Center), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
1961 – 1966Scientific Director and Vice President, Laser Inc., American Optical Company, Southbridge (Mass.).
1968 – 1972Dean of Graduate Studies, Stevens Institute of Technology.
March 6, 2004Death.
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Citations
ACAP
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Dunning, John R. (John Ray), 1907-1975
They demonstrated the first measurable U-235 enrichment through gaseous diffusion and both employed at Columbia University.
Advised by Booth at Columbia University, "A cloud chamber determination of the life-time of the negative pi meson and the mass of the negative mu meson."
Colleagues
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Foley, Henry Michael, 1917-1982
Both employed at Columbia University.
Frosch, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1928-
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Kraichnan, Robert H., 1928-2008
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Lamb, Willis E. (Willis Eugene), 1913-2008
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972
Both employed at Columbia University.
Nierenberg, William Aaron, 1919-2000
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Pegram, George Braxton, 1876-1958
Both employed at Columbia University.
Pekeris, C. L. (Chaim Leib), 1908-1993
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Primakoff, H. (Henry), 1914-1983
Both employed at Columbia University.
Rabi, I. I. (Isidor Isaac), 1898-1988
Both employed at Columbia University.
Rainwater, L. James (Leo James), 1917-1986
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Sachs, Allan M. (Allan Maxwell), 1921-1989
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Thomas, Llewellyn Hilleth, 1903-1992
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Wu, C. S. (Chien-shiung), 1912-1997
Both employed at Columbia University.
Additional
Grosse, Aristid von, 1905-1985
Nix, Foster Cary, 1905-
Institutions
Major Positions
American Optical Company
Scientific Director and Vice President, Laser Inc.
Columbia University. Department of Physics
Lecturer in Physics; Physicist, Division of War Research; Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; Director, Hudson Laboratories; and Chair, Department of Physics.
Nevis Laboratories
Director.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Science Director, SACLANT Anti-Submarine Warfare Research Centre.
SACLANT ASW Research Center
Science Director.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Dean of Graduate Studies.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
University of Georgia. Department of Physics
Obtained BS in 1932 and MS in 1934.
University of Oxford. Department of Physics
Obtained DPhil in 1937.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Eugene T. Booth account of early work and recollections of John Ray Dunning, 1975-1984.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Oral history interview with Aristid Victor Grosse, 1974 January 11 and April 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Foster Cary Nix, 1975 June 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Herbert Anderson, 1981 January 13 and 16.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA