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JOHN K. HULM
Pages 100-105

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... Final Tribute Vol 13.indd 100 3/23/10 3:42:14 PM
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... John's interest in science was stimulated by a remarkably skillful educator, the headmaster of the local high school, and after graduation he attended Cambridge University. He completed his undergraduate work there in 1943 and then joined the Royal Aircraft Establishment, where he worked on the development of radar until the end of World War II.
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... In 1954, John accepted an offer from the Westinghouse Electric Corporation research laboratory in Pittsburgh, where he assembled a team of researchers on the physics of materials, particularly superconductivity. In 1956, he was named manager of the Solid State Physics Department.
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... Westinghouse also entered into a jointly funded program with the Electric Power Research Institute directed toward the eventual construction and testing of a prototype 300-megawatt generator. However, because of the poor business climate for power equipment at the time, the program was terminated by mutual agreement.
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... initiative in high-temperature superconductivity research and applications. John received many honors for his contributions: the John Price Wetherill Medal of the Franklin Institute; the American Physical Society's International Prize for New Materials; the Westinghouse Order of Merit; and election to the National Academy of Sciences and NAE.
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... He also continued to attend scientific conferences, and traveled to England, where he attended a reception at his former alma mater at Cambridge University for the opening of the new library.
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