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George Edward Alcorn Jr
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George Edward Alcron Jr.
Place of Birth:
General Facts
Indianapolis, Indiana
Family
Family
Parents: Arletta Dixon Alcorn and George Edward Alcorn
Siblings: Charles Edward Alcorn
Spouse: Dorothy Green (2nd), Marie DaVillier (1st)
Children: One son (Name Unknown)
Occupation
Occupations:
Physicist, engineer, inventor, and professor.
Hobbies
Hobbies
- Sports:
- Recived varsity letters in baseball
- Recived varsity letters in football
- Interest:
- Physics
- Engeineering
- Computational Analytics
TIMELINE
Timeline
1999
1969
1958
Alcorn married his wife Marie DaVillier
Alcorn was honored with an award from Government Executive magazine for developing the Airborne LIDAR Topographic Mapping System (ALTMS) in partnership with the Houston Advanced Research Center.
Graduated Hightschool with an excellent academic record. He entered Occidental College in Los Angeles, California on an academic scholarship.
1978
Left IMB to join NASA
1963- Summer
At North American Rockwell assigned to perform computer analysis on the orbital mechanics and launch trajectories for rockets and missiles.
1963
Completed his Masters in Nuclear Physics From Howard University in 9 months. During the summer he worked as a research engineer for the Space Division of North American Rockwell.
1979
Alcorn and his wife Marie DaVillier had their first child, a son.
1984
1967
2015
March 22, 1940
Obtained his PhD in atomic and molecular physics from Howard University
Invented the X-ray spectrometer, which earned him the NASA–Goddard Space Flight Center award for Inventor of the Year
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana to Arletta Dixon Alcorn and George Edward Alcorn
1962
Alcorn was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his invention of the X-ray spectrometer.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physics with honors, while playing varisty in basball and football
1965-1966 Summer
Alcron recived a grant from NASA to support his research on negative ion formations.