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George Edward Alcorn, Jr.
George Edward Alcorn, Jr.
March 22 1940
Biography
Imaging X-ray Spectrometer
Type of Invention
Accomplishments and Recognitions
George Alcorn, born March 22 1940 in Indianapolis Indiana. Unfortunately he had a awful childhood. His parents abandoned him as a child and left him on the streets with mental and physical problems. He hated his life and followed his dream of doing anything without logic. He does not have a day of celebration, but he is still alive and is now 74 and soon to be 75.
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He was born on March 22, 1940.
George Alcorn invented the "Imaging X-ray Spectrometer". He invented this in 1984. This device can not be sold to just anyone you must have a decent and relevant reason and proof of yourself. It's used for helping scientists better understand what materials are composed of when they cannot be broken down. This is highly important because there are many materials out there that can't be broken any further, and when you come across something like that there is no other way you can find out what is further inside that material or mineral. This has changed the way we live today because this has helped many scientist in multiple ways giving them more answers that they could not get about some materials that they couldn't get without it.
He won inventor of the year in the year of 1984. And that wasn't the only award George Edward Alcorn received. Along with being awarded a NASA medal for his work in recruiting minority scientists and engineers, he also won the Government Executives Magazine's prestigious Technology Leadership Award for the Airborne Lidar Topographical Mapping System. And, in 2001, Alcorn was awarded special congressional recognition for his efforts in helping Virgin Islands businesses through application of NASA technology and technology programs.
February 23 2014
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U.S History
Pd.3
Won Inventor of The Year
He spent most his career as a physicist
Graduated from Harvard
Still alive at the age of 74