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'''Lee Alvin DuBridge''' ([[September 21]], [[1901]] – [[January 23]], [[1994]]) was a [[United States of America|U.S.]] educator and [[physicist]]. He was born [[September 21]] [[1901]] in [[Terre Haute, Indiana]]. He graduated from [[Cornell College]] in 1922. He became the founding director of the [[Radiation Laboratory]] at MIT in 1940, and served until 1945. He also served as president of the [[California Institute of Technology]] between 1946 and 1969, and was the first presidential [[Science Advisor]] of two administrations: under President [[Harry S. Truman]] from 1953 to 1955, and under President [[Richard Nixon]] from 1969 to 1970. He died of pneumonia at a retirement home in Duarte, California on [[January 23]] [[1994]]. |
'''Lee Alvin DuBridge''' ([[September 21]], [[1901]] – [[January 23]], [[1994]]) was a [[United States of America|U.S.]] educator and [[physicist]]. He was born [[September 21]] [[1901]] in [[Terre Haute, Indiana]]. He graduated from [[Cornell College]] in 1922. He became the founding director of the [[Radiation Laboratory]] at MIT in 1940, and served until 1945. He also served as president of the [[California Institute of Technology]] between 1946 and 1969, and was the first presidential [[Science Advisor]] of two administrations: under President [[Harry S. Truman]] from 1953 to 1955, and under President [[Richard Nixon]] from 1969 to 1970. He died of pneumonia at a retirement home in Duarte, California on [[January 23]] [[1994]]. |
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It is believed {{Fact|date=January 2008}} that he was a pioneer of [[vacuum tube]] technology: A small marker designates a small house in downtown [[Palo Alto]], California as the one-time headquarters of the [[Federal Telegraph Company]], where, early in the twentieth century, DuBridge developed the first [[vacuum tube]] {{Fact|date=January 2008}}. |
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Lee Alvin DuBridge (September 21, 1901 – January 23, 1994) was a U.S. educator and physicist. He was born September 21 1901 in Terre Haute, Indiana. He graduated from Cornell College in 1922. He became the founding director of the Radiation Laboratory at MIT in 1940, and served until 1945. He also served as president of the California Institute of Technology between 1946 and 1969, and was the first presidential Science Advisor of two administrations: under President Harry S. Truman from 1953 to 1955, and under President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1970. He died of pneumonia at a retirement home in Duarte, California on January 23 1994.