Word: blewett
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...December 1952, Drs. Ernest Courant and Hartland Snyder of Brookhaven, Dr. M. Stanley of M.I.T. and Dr. John Blewett published a new method of focusing the protons in a chamber only 6 in. in cross section. They had been anticipated by Nicholas C. Christofilos, a U.S. citizen of Greek extraction who had been stranded in Greece during World War II and had taught himself physics from books distributed by the Germans. In 1953 he revealed that he had applied in 1950 for a U.S. patent on a "strong focusing" system much like the one developed at Brookhaven. His patent rights...
Bruce M. Walker 1D won the first prize of $7,500 with a home designed for living in the Northwest. Honorable mentions and awards of $500 went to two alumni and two graduates of the School of Design. They were Harold E. Blewett 2D, Richard H. Wheeler 3D, and Robert L. MacKintosh '50 1D (who received their award as a team), and Ernest Wright...