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Lax, Benjamin


MIT Class of 1949


8 (Physics) PhD

Radar Officer at Radiation Lab 1944-1946; Staff Lincoln Laboratory 1951-1965; Director of the National Magnet Laboratory 1960-1981; Professor of Physics 1965-1985; Emeritus 1986- .

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Dr. Benjamin Lax adjusts resonance spectrometer for measurements on semiconductors at 2-mm wavelength [BL4]

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Gas discharges are observed in a magnetic field between the circular magnets (foreground) by Benjamin Lax, graduate student, and Dr. S. C. Brown, Associate Professor of Physics [SCB_5]

Staff of new MIT Magnet Laboratory: L-R Dr. Benjamin Lax, director, James M. West, assistant director for administration; Dr. Donald T. Stevenson, assistant director. July 15, 1960. [BL3]

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