Inventor of radar: Who is Arthur Von Hippel?
Von Hippel, who left Germany in 1933 due to Nazi pressure during Hitler's rule, first worked at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. Von Hippel then immigrated to the USA and retired in 1965 after working at MIT.
Arthur Von Hippel, the inventor of radar, was born in Germany in 1898. Von Hippel, also known for his studies on the molecular structures of matter, was the founder and president of the Laboratory for Insulation Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Von Hippel received a commendation from President Truman for the use of the radars he developed in World War II. The Material Research Society decided to award an award in Von Hippel's name in 1976, to be awarded to scientists who made new discoveries in the field of materials science and engineering, where Von Hippel conducted scientific studies.
Arthur Robert von Hippel (November 19, 1898 – December 31, 2003) was a German American materials scientist and physicist. Von Hippel was a pioneer in the study of dielectrics, ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials, and semiconductors and was a codeveloper of radar during World War II.
FROM NAZI OPPRESSION TO MIT
Born in Rostock, Germany, Von Hippel married Dagmar, the daughter of Nobel Prize-winning physicist James Franck, with whom he worked, in 1930. Von Hippel, who left Germany in 1933 due to Nazi pressure during Hitler's rule, first worked at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. Von Hippel then immigrated to the USA and retired in 1965 after working at MIT.
Arthur von Hippel, a senior faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA and a scientist who had a very important role in the development of radar in the 1940s, passed away on January 4, 2004, at the age of 105.
Von Hippel, who has lived in Weston, Massachusetts, for 65 years, has a daughter, 4 sons, 11 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.