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George Edward Alcorn, Jr.
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Greatest Deed
Birth and Current
George is most famous for his innovation of the Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer--a device that helps scientists' better understand what materials are composed of when they cannot be broken down.
George was born on March 22, 1940. His birthplace is unknown, but he is still alive and lives in Toronto, Canada.
Saturday Academy
Imaging Spectrometer
Life
George's early life was decent--not the best, not the worst. His brother and him were able to go to school because of their parents. After school, however, his life became extremely impressive.
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Achievements
Achievements (cont.)
Alcorn was honored by his alma mater Howard University in 1994 in its Heritage of Greatness awards ceremony. Alcorn was celebrated as a Black Achiever in the Science and Technology category.
Achievements (cont.)
Achievements (cont.)
Alcorn also works with the Meyerhoff Foundation, founded by Freeman Hrabowski, whose goal is to encourage and support African American males interested in pursuing doctorates in science and engineering.
George invented the Imaging Spectrometer x-ray, but he has received a B.A. in physics, a master's degree in nuclear physics and a Ph.D in atomic and molecular physics. He is the founder of Saturday Academy, a weekend program to help extend and develop math-science for students grade 6-8.
On top of that, he worked for the likes of Philco-ford, Perkin-Elmer, IBM, and NASA. He invented over 20 inventions and was granted 8 patents. In 1984 he was awarded a NASA-EEO medal.
Credits
George Edward Alcorn, Jr.
Schools
George attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., USA, and Occidental College in Los Angeles, California, USA
George Edward Alcorn, Jr. is an African-American pioneer and physicist. He is an inventor at Rockwell International.
- google.com
- en.wikipedia.org
- www.black-inventor.com
- www.math.buffalo.edu
Family
In the late 1960s, George married wife Marie DeVillier. Together they had one son. His parents, George and Arletta Dixon Alcorn, sacrificed their jobs for George and his one brother to go to school. Alcorn's younger brother Charles is a research physicist at IBM.