Willard Harrison Bennett National Inventors Hall of Fame materials 1990-1991, undated

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Bennett, Willard Harrison, 1903-
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MSS 00234
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The Willard Harrison Bennett National Inventors Hall of Fame materials contain materials regarding Bennett's posthumous induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio. The award specifically honored the Bennett radio frequency mass spectrometer, patented in 1955. These materials include biographical information, undated photographs, a press release, correspondence, the Summer 1991 edition of National Invention Center News, a publication from the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and newsclippings.

Ohio native Willard Harrison Bennett (1903 - 1987) was the Burlington Professor of Physics at North Carolina State University from 1961 to 1976. He researched in the areas of plasma physics, astrophysics, geophysics, surface physics, and physical chemistry. Bennett held nearly 70 United States and foreign patents, including the radio frequency mass spectrometer, which he invented in 1955.

Biographical/historical note

Ohio native Willard Harrison Bennett (1903 - 1987) was the Burlington Professor of Physics at North Carolina State University from 1961 to 1976. He researched in the areas of plasma physics, astrophysics, geophysics, surface physics, and physical chemistry. Bennett held nearly 70 United States and foreign patents, including the radio frequency mass spectrometer, which he invented in 1955.

Bennett graduated cum laude from Ohio State University in 1924, recieved his master's degree in physical chemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 1926, and completed a Ph.D. in physics at Ohio State in 1928. He held several jobs before coming to North Carolina State University, including teaching at Ohio State (1930 - 1938), being the director of research at the Electronic Research Corporation (1938 - 1941), seeing active duty during WWII (1941 - 1946), eventually becoming a lieutenant colonel, and being the branch head and division consultant at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (1951 - 1961).

Scope/content

The Willard Harrison Bennett National Inventors Hall of Fame materials contain materials regarding Bennett's posthumous induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio. The award specifically honored the Bennett radio frequency mass spectrometer, patented in 1955. These materials include undated biographical information, photographs, a press release, correspondence, the Summer 1991 edition of National Invention Center News, a publication from the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and newsclippings.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Willard Harrison Bennett National Inventors Hall of Fame materials, MSS 00234, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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Source of acquisition

Received from Douglas Taylor Bennett, 1991 May 21

Processing information

Processed by Special Collections staff, 2005; updated by Susan C. Rodriguez, 2015 December.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Willard Harrison Bennett National Inventors Hall of Fame materials, MSS 00234, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Use of these materials

The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.

The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.