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George Edward Alcorn Jr.
American physicist, engineer and inventor
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| Born | (1940-03-22)March 22, 1940 Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Died | June 19, 2024(2024-06-19) (aged 84) |
| Alma mater | Occidental College Howard University |
George Edward Alcorn Jr. (born March 22, 1940) was an American physicist, engineer, inventor, and professor.
He taught at Howard University and the University of the District of Columbia, and worked primarily for IBM and NASA. Alcorn is credited with over 30 inventions and 8 patents resulting in his induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2015.
Early life
Alcorn was born on March 22, 1940, to Arletta Dixon Alcorn and George Edward Alcorn, Sr., in Indianapolis. They had another child, his younger brother Charles.[1]
Education and academic career
Alcorn received a four-year academic scholarship to Occidental College in Los Angeles, where he graduated with a Bache