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John G. Trump (John George Trump) was born on 21 August, 1907 in New York City, New York, U.S., is an American engineer and physicist (1907–1985). Discover John G. Trump's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

Popular As John George Trump
Occupation Physicist, electrical engineer, inventor
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 21 August, 1907
Birthday 21 August
Birthplace New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of death 21 February, 1985
Died Place Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Elora Sauerbrun

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Parents Frederick Trump Elizabeth Christ Trump
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Children John · Christine · Karen

John G. Trump Net Worth

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1907

John George Trump (August 21, 1907 – February 21, 1985) was an American electrical engineer, inventor and physicist.

He was born in New York City on August 21, 1907.

John's brother, Fred, joined their mother in real estate development and management while still in his teens (Elizabeth Trump & Son).

Initially, John and his brother tried working together building houses, but ultimately they dissolved their partnership, and John pursued a career in electrical engineering.

1929

Trump received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the New York University Tandon School of Engineering (then Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn) in 1929, his master's degree in physics from Columbia University, and his doctorate of electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1933.

1936

A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1936 to 1973, he was a recipient of the National Medal of Science and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Trump was noted for developing rotational radiation therapy.

Together with Robert J. Van de Graaff, he developed one of the first million-volt X-ray generators.

He is the uncle of Donald Trump.

John was the youngest of three children, and the second son of German immigrants Frederick Trump and Elizabeth Christ Trump.

He was a professor at MIT from 1936 until 1973.

During World War II, Trump switched from work on hospital X-ray machines to research into similar technologies, especially the development of radar.

1940

During 1940, he joined the newly formed National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), as technical aide to Karl Compton, president of MIT, who was serving also as the chairman of the radar division within the NDRC.

1942

During 1942, Trump became secretary of the microwave committee, a sub-committee of the NDRC.

The director of the microwave committee was Alfred Lee Loomis, the "millionaire physicist", who decided to create a laboratory.

He selected a site for it, chose a suitably discreet and ambiguous name for it, and funded its construction, until governmental administration was established.

The new institution came to be called the MIT Radiation Laboratory, or the "Rad Lab".

As wartime shortages in Britain increased, many of its radar researchers would move to the well-funded laboratory at MIT, where they helped create groundbreaking progress in developing practical devices and systems, which would see widespread field deployment in combat.

The British had already started researching radar, which they termed Radio Direction Finder (RDF).

Their Tizard Mission to the US showed how much more advanced they were with some of the key technologies, particularly the magnetron.

The US decided to send a team to Britain to help coordinate their efforts with the "British Branch of the Radiation Laboratory" (BBRL), which operated as a department of Britain's Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) at Malvern, in Worcestershire.

1943

In early 1943, two days after the death of Nikola Tesla, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ordered the Office of Alien Property Custodian to seize Tesla's belongings.

Trump was called in to analyze the Tesla artifacts, which were being held in government custody.

After a three-day investigation, Trump's report concluded that there was nothing which would constitute a hazard in unfriendly hands.

During the war, Trump also served in the Advisory Specialist Group on Radar, advising USAAF General Carl Spaatz on navigational radar, precision-bombing radar, and also defenses against the German radars found in their night-fighters and in their flak units.

The systems included: Gee, Oboe, LORAN, H2X, MEW & SCR-584.

Trump worked with all the most important British radar experts, including Sir Robert Watson-Watt, A.P. Rowe, and Bernard Lovell.

At the end of the war, Trump also conducted debriefing interviews with Germany's main radar technicians.

Trump received recognition for his war-work partnership from both the United States and the United Kingdom.

1944

From February 1944 to the end of the war in Europe, Trump was the director of the BBRL.

1946

In 1946, Trump, Robert J. Van de Graaff, and Denis M. Robinson initiated the High Voltage Engineering Corporation (HVEC) to produce Van de Graaff generators.

He returned to MIT to teach and direct research for three decades after the war.

He directed the MIT High Voltage Research Laboratory from 1946 to 1980.

Some of his research at MIT concentrated on treating wastewater.

He researched using an electron beam from a high voltage accelerator as the deactivating agent in the treatment of municipal wastewater sludge.

The High Voltage Research Laboratory developed a prototype system that was tested at one of Boston's wastewater treatment plants, and it was able to provide bacterial and viral disinfection via continuous on-line treatment.

1985

Trump died in Boston on February 21, 1985.

The National Academy of Engineering described John Trump as "a pioneer in the scientific, engineering and medical applications of high voltage machinery".

James Melcher, Trump's lab director, is quoted as saying: "John, over a period of three decades, would be approached by people of all sorts because he could make megavolt beams of ions and electrons – death rays... What did he do with it? Cancer research, sterilizing sludge out in Deer Island [a waste disposal facility], all sorts of wondrous things. He didn't touch the weapons stuff."

John G. Trump was a member of the Trump family.