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John G. Trump

John George Trump

American engineer and physicist (1907–1985).

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Place of Birth

New York City

Country of Citizenship

United States

Instance Of

Human

Occupation

Physicist
Inventor
University Teacher

Date of Birth

8/21/1907

Date of Death

2/21/1985

Educated At

Columbia University
New York University Tandon School of Engineering
Object Named As
:Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Richmond Hill High School

Given Name

John
Series Ordinal
:1
George
Series Ordinal
:2

Family Name

Trump

Award Received

National Medal of Science
(1983)
Point in Time
: 1983
King's Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom
(1947)
Point in Time
: 1947
IEEE Lamme Medal
(1960)
Award Rationale
: For meritorious achievements in the design of particle accelerators and x-ray generators; more specifically for invention and design related both to multi-electrode acceleration tubes and to Van de Graaff generators; and also for exceptional contributions which led to applications in treatment of malignant disease
Point in Time
: 1960
President's Certificate of Merit
(1948)
Point in Time
: 1948
Fellow of the American Physical Society

Relative

Donald Trump
Kinship to Subject
:
Fraternal Nephew

Father

Frederick Trump

Mother

Elizabeth Christ Trump

Place of Death

Boston

Employer

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1936 - 1973)
Start Time
: 1936
End Time
: 1973

Member Of

National Academy of Engineering
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Sibling

Fred Trump

Family

Trump Family

Name in Native Language

John George Trump

Archives At

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries

Work Location

United States

Described at URL

https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/26/u ...

Sex or Gender

Male

Doctoral Advisor

Robert J. Van De Graaff

Student

Louis Dijour Smullin

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