Thomas Eugene Everhart
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Thomas Eugene Everhart is an American educator and physicist
. He received his M.S. from University of California, Los Angeles
. He held a Marshall Scholarship
at Clare College Cambridge where he completed a PhD in Physics under Professor Charles Oatley
in 1958. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering
in 1978. He served as Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
from 1984 to 1987 and as the President of the California Institute of Technology
from 1987 to 1997. His area of expertise is the physics of electron
beams.
Together with Richard F. M. Thornley he designed the Everhart-Thornley detector
. These detectors are still in use in scanning electron microscope
s, even though the first such detector was made available as early as 1956.
Everhart currently sits on the board of directors of Raytheon
and is a trustee of Caltech.
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
. He received his M.S. from University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
. He held a Marshall Scholarship
Marshall Scholarship
The Marshall Scholarship, a postgraduate scholarships available to Americans, was created by the Parliament of the United Kingdom when the Marshall Aid Commemoration Act was passed in 1953. The scholarships serve as a living gift to the United States of America in recognition of the post-World War...
at Clare College Cambridge where he completed a PhD in Physics under Professor Charles Oatley
Charles Oatley
Sir Charles William Oatley OBE, FRS FREng was Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge, 1960–1971, and developer of one of the first commercial scanning electron microscopes....
in 1958. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...
in 1978. He served as Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
from 1984 to 1987 and as the President of the California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
from 1987 to 1997. His area of expertise is the physics of electron
Electron
The electron is a subatomic particle with a negative elementary electric charge. It has no known components or substructure; in other words, it is generally thought to be an elementary particle. An electron has a mass that is approximately 1/1836 that of the proton...
beams.
Together with Richard F. M. Thornley he designed the Everhart-Thornley detector
Everhart-Thornley detector
The Everhart-Thornley Detector is a secondary electron detector used in scanning electron microscopes . It is named after its designers, Thomas E. Everhart and Richard F. M...
. These detectors are still in use in scanning electron microscope
Scanning electron microscope
A scanning electron microscope is a type of electron microscope that images a sample by scanning it with a high-energy beam of electrons in a raster scan pattern...
s, even though the first such detector was made available as early as 1956.
Everhart currently sits on the board of directors of Raytheon
Raytheon
Raytheon Company is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007...
and is a trustee of Caltech.