Edward W. Samson *32

EDWARD W. SAMSON *32, physicist, inventor, philosopher, man of faith, and amateur musician, died on July 14,1989, in Cambridge, Mass. He was 85. Born in Winnipeg, he received his first two academic degrees in Canada. At Princeton, he earned 2 Ph.D. in physics (1932), and became a U.S. citizen. Next at M.I.T., he took part in building the firs van de Graff Electrostatic High Voltage Generator, which produced an E.M.F. of seven million volts. The apparatus now stands in the Boston Museum of Science. As chief physicist at Hammermill Paper Co. in Erie, Penn., he developed a centrifuge for the pulp and paper industry. In WWII, at the radiation lab at M.I.T., he took part in the development Of radar. After the war, as chief of Cambridge Research Labs, he pursued physics for the Air Force. His retirement permitted him to follow many ancillary interests, including philosophy, religion, world affairs, and music.

We extend sincere sympathy to his widow, Helen, his children, and his grandchildren.

The Graduate Alumni