Alcorn, George Edward Jr.

George Edward Jr. Alcorn
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born on | 22 March 1940 at 15:30 (= 3:30 PM ) | ||||
Place | Indianapolis, Indiana, 39n46, 86w09 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American physicist and inventor (issued with eight patents) who worked primarily for IBM and NASA. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2015.
Alcorn earned a Master of Science in Nuclear Physics in 1963 from Howard University, after nine months of study. During the summers of 1962 and 1963, he worked as a research engineer for the Space Division of North American Rockwell. He was involved with the computer analysis of launch trajectories and orbital mechanics for Rockwell missiles, including the Titan I and II, the Saturn and the Nova.
Events
- Work : Prize 2015 (National Inventors Hall of Fame)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate from Indiana Archives.
Categories
- Traits : Body : Race (African-American)
- Vocation : Education : Researcher
- Vocation : Science : Astronomy
- Vocation : Science : Physics
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame (National Inventors)
- Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Inventor)