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Van de Graaff, Robert Jemison

1901-1967


Department of Physics: Research Associate 1931-1934; Associate Professor 1934-1960; Associate Professor Emeritus 1960-1960; Director, High Voltage Radiographic Project 1941-1945.

MIT Museum Biographical file contents:Images; Institute Archives Manuscript- MC45 and MC 153 (High Voltage Engineering Corporation); audiovisual; biographical information; correspondence; news clippings; news releases; publications
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A demonstration in the ballroom foyer of the Hotel Staler of a model of the electrostatic generator; 58th annual dinner of the Alumni Association, Feb 4 1933. [RJV_7]

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Karl Compton with Robert Van de Graaff and apparatus [KTCompton_032]

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

Photo of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff. Graaff worked as research associate and associate professor of the Physics Department at MIT from 1931-1960. He invented the Van de Graaff high-voltage particle accelerator.

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Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967) [RJV_11f]

Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967) [RJV_11g]

Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967) [RJV_11h]

Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967) [RJV_13]

Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967) [RJV_14]

Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967) [RVJ_11i]

Robert J. Van de Graaff with a model of his generator, 1931 [RJV_4a]

Robert J. Van de Graaff [RJV_11e]

Robert J. Van de Graaff [RJV_2]

Robert J. Van de Graaff [RJV_3]

Robert J. Van de Graaff, 1931 [RJV_4]

Robert J. Van de Graaff, 1949 [RJV_1]

These antennas brought TV over the horizon, and Van de Graaff's generator (below) was in a dirigible hangar. (The Technology Review, Jan. 1961, p.34; Jan. 1965, p.27).

This huge generator of 1,500,000 volt capacity, the product of Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff, exhibited at the Alumni Dinner of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston on Feb. 6. [RJV_5]

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William W. Beuchner & Robert Van de Graaff [WWB_6]

William W. Buechner & Robert Van de Graaff [WWB_6a]

William W. Buechner & Robert Van de Graaff [WWB_6b]

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