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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorGeneral Electric Company. Research and Development Center
Dates
1965 – present
Authorized Form of Name
General Electric Company. Research and Development Center
Additional Forms of Names
General Electric Company. Corporate Research and Development
General Electric Company. Corporate Research and Development Center
General Electric Research and Development Center
Institutional History
Abstract
The Research and Development Center was created in 1965 when the Research Laboratory and the Advanced Technology Laboratory were merged. Corporate interests included: broadcasting; electric components; household appliances; lighting equipment; motors; telecommunications; electromedical industry. In 1999, with the opening of a research center in India, the name was changed to GE Global Research.
Important Dates
1965 – 1966Albert Hull was on staff.
1965 – 1967Gerald Mahan was on staff.
1965 – 1968Gert Ehrlich was on staff.
1965 – 1969Charles Duke was on staff.
1965 – 1969P. Buford Price was on staff.
1965 – 1975George Watkins was on staff.
1965 – 1975William Coolidge was on staff.
1965 – 1985Charles Bean was on staff.
1965 – 1988Ivar Giaever was on staff.
1965 – 1988Roland Schmitt was on staff.
August 1965The Research Laboratory and Advanced Technology Laboratory were merged to create the Research and Development Center, Schenectady (N.Y.).
1969 – 1986Lewis Edelheit was on staff.
1991 – 2001Lewis Edelheit was on staff.
1999Research and Development Center was renamed GE Global Research.
Places
Headquarters
Subjects
Physics -- Industrial applications.
Physics -- Industrial applications.
Relationships
People
Employees & Officers
Researcher.
Coolidge, William David, 1873-1975
Emeritus Director.
Physicist.
Physicist; Manager, Applied Science Laboratory, GE Medical Systems; Manager, Computed Tomography Product Department; General Manger, Engineering Department; General Manager, Computed Tomography Product Department; Manager, Electronic Systems Research Center; and Senior Vice President.
Researcher, Metallurgical Research Department.
Researcher.
Hull, Albert Wallace, 1880-1966
Consultant.
Physicist.
Physicist.
Manager, Metallurgy and Ceramics Laboratory; Research and Development Manager, Physical Science and Engineering; Research and Development Manager, Energy Science and Engineering; Vice President and Director, Research and Development Center; and Senior Vice President, Research and Development.
Research Scientist.
Associates & Members
Alexanderson, Ernst Fredrik Werner, 1878-1975
Anderson, John M., 1924-2007
BenDaniel, David J.
Bueche, Arthur Maynard, 1920-1981
Cashman, Robert J.
Cobine, James Dillon, 1905-
Cohen, Karl
Fong, Kouan
Frank, Charles, Sir
Hecht, Jeff
Holonyak, Nick, 1928-
Kron, Gabriel, 1901-1968
Mott-Smith, Harold Meade, 1897-
Nathan, Marshall I., 1933-
Navias, Louis, 1897-
Norton, Francis J., 1899-1994
Tonks, Lewi, 1897-1971
Institutions
Institutional Hierarchy
General Electric Company. Research Laboratory
Combined in 1965 with the Advanced Technology Laboratory to create the Research and Development Center.
Associates
Corporate Associate.
American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics
Participated in the history of physicists in industry project and study of multi-institutional collaborations.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
General Electric Company records, 1892-1989.
Schenectady Museum
Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady, NY 12308, USA
Research at General Electric, 1979.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Spencer Weart research material for his book, Nuclear Fear: A History of Images, 1957-1987.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Arthur Bueche speeches, 1977-1981.
Schenectady Museum
Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady, NY 12308, USA
Charles B. Duke career highlights [autobiographical materials], 1959-2006.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
David Lazarus papers, 1945-1987.
University Archives
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Ernst Fredrik Werner Alexanderson papers, 1901-1975.
Schaffer Library. Special Collections
Union College
Schenectady, NY 12308, USA
Francis J. Norton papers, 1930-1986.
Schenectady Museum
Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady, NY 12308, USA
Gabriel Kron papers, 1935-1968.
Schaffer Library. Special Collections
Union College
Schenectady, NY 12308, USA
James Dillon Cobine papers, 1950-1980.
Schenectady Museum
Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady, NY 12308, USA
Jeff Hecht laser pioneer interviews, 1984-1991.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
John M. Anderson papers, 1911-1993, 2001-2006.
Schenectady Museum
Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady, NY 12308, USA
Karl P. Cohen papers, 1931-2010.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Schenectady Museum
Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady, NY 12308, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Louis Navias papers, 1924-ca. 1975.
Schenectady Museum
Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady, NY 12308, USA
Oral history interview with Charles B. Duke, 2007 January 23.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with David BenDaniel, 2008 October 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with David Lazarus, 1981 December 4.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with H. M. Mott-Smith, 1977 March 1 and 2.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Marshall I. Nathan, 1984 October 17.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Nick Holonyak, 2005 March 23.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interviews. Medical Physics: National Digital Mammography Development Group, 1996-1997.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Robert J. Cashman papers, 1928-1988.
Library. University Archives.
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60201, USA
Sir Charles Frank papers and correspondence, 1905-2001.
Arts and Social Sciences Library. Special Collections
University of Bristol
Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 ITJ, England, UK
Published Resources
Author
Chart of the nuclides : [with physical constants, conversion factors and periodic table].
Nuclides and isotopes / revised 1989 by F. William Walker, Josef R. Parrington, and Frank Feiner.