Chauncey Guy Suits

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Chauncey Guy Suits , also C. Guy Suits (born March 12, 1905 in Oshkosh , Wisconsin , † August 14, 1991 in Pilot Knob , New York ) was an American physicist and director of research at General Electric .

Life

Suits studied at the University of Wisconsin – Madison until 1927 and then went to the ETH Zurich , where he received his doctorate in 1929 with a thesis on valve voltmeters. On his return to the United States in 1930 he became a research assistant to Albert W. Hull at the General Electric Company (GE) . He stayed with GE until he retired in 1965. In 1940 he became assistant to the director of research, before becoming vice director of the group and research director in 1945. During the Second World War he was involved in radar research and radar defense projects. For this work he later received the Presidential Medal for Merit .

In the 1930s, Suits conducted research specifically on high-temperature plasma phenomena and arcs. After the end of the Second World War, as research director, he led, among other things, development work for the production of very hard materials (trade name Borazon ) and industrial diamonds , plastics (trade names Lexan and Noryl) and energy-efficient light sources. He supported GE's involvement in building the Columbia Nuclear Power Plant in Hanford . He held nearly eighty US patents.

Among other awards, Suits received the IRI Medal in 1962 and the IEEE Frederik Philips Award in 1974. In 1946 he was admitted to the National Academy of Sciences and 1964 to the National Academy of Engineering , 1966 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Since 1951 he was a member of the American Philosophical Society .

Fonts (selection)

  • CG Suits: Studies in non-linear circuits . In: Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers . tape 50 , no. 2 , 1931, p. 724-732 , doi : 10.1109 / T-AIEE.1931.5055861 .
  • CG Suits, JP Stool: Role of oxidation in arc cathodes . In: Physical Review . tape 53 , no. 8 , 1938, pp. 670 , doi : 10.1103 / PhysRev.53.670 .
  • CG Suits: High pressure arcs in common gases in free convection . In: Physical Review . tape 55 , no. 6 , 1939, pp. 561-567 , doi : 10.1103 / PhysRev.55.561 .
  • CG Suits: Seventy-five years of research in General Electric . In: Science . tape 118 , no. 3069 , 1953, pp. 451-456 , doi : 10.1126 / science.118.3069.451 .
  • CG Suits: Selectivity and timing in research . In: Research Management . tape 5 , no. 6 , 1962, pp. 409-421 , doi : 10.1080 / 00345334.1962.11755621 .
  • CG Suits: Man-made diamonds - A progress report . In: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society . tape 108 , no. 5 , 1964, pp. 443-449 .

literature

  • Walter L. Robb: C. Guy Suits, 1905-1991 . Ed .: National Academy of Engineering (=  Memorial Tributes . Volume 6 ). National Academies Press, Washington, DC 1993, ISBN 0-309-56312-7 , pp. 225-227 .
  • Robert J. Scully, Marlan O. Scully : Chauncey Guy Suits, 1905-1991 . Ed .: National Academy of Sciences (=  Biographical Memoirs . Volume 91 ). National Academies Press, Washington, DC 2008, ISBN 978-0-309-14560-2 , pp. 307-316 .
  • Milan D. Fiske: C. Guy Suits (March 12, 1905 - August 14, 1991) . In: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society . tape 138 , no. 2 , 1994, p. 356-362 .
  • C. Gerald Fraser: CG Suits, 86, Electrical Inventor Who Devised Synthetic Diamonds. In: New York Times. August 16, 1991, accessed November 12, 2018 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter S. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved October 13, 2018 .
  2. ^ Member History: Chauncey G. Suits. American Philosophical Society, accessed November 11, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Suits, Chauncey Guy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Suits, C. Guy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American physicist and director of research at General Electric
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Oshkosh , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1991
Place of death Pilot Knob , New York