Lloyd Quaterman

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Lloyd Quaterman
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Early Life

• Born May 31st, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• A chemistry set he received as a present sparked
  his interest in science

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Schooling

• Attended St. Augustine in Raleigh,
  NC -originally to play football
• -science professors also noticed his work in
  the class room
• -Bachelors Degree in 1943
• Attended Northwestern University-1952
• -Masters of Science

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Occupation

• Lab work at Columbia University
• Argonne National Laboratory (1946)
• Research on nuclear reactions
• Helped split 1st atom
• Helped Einstein create Uranium isotopes which
  were used in fussion
• Aided in Plutonium Project (secret)
• Searched for peaceful uses of nuclear energy
• Worked there for 30 years

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Occupation

• Manhattan Project
• Florida Chemist
• Often called the greatest on earth in Florida
• Helped integrate Florida with other scientific
  areas

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Manhattan Project

• -he was one out of six black scientists involved
• -aided in creating the first atomic bomb
• -assisted in research and played a main act in
  the actual chemistry of the bomb
• -exact duties not known (secrecy)

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Past Work

• -invented window of diamonds that makes it
  possible to view highly corrosive materials
• Started research on synthetic blood (forced to
  stop because of political/social objections)
• NAACP member

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Mentors

• Enrico Fermi
• Studied Quantum Mechanics
• Quaterman was under him in 1948 as an assistant
  researcher
• Quaterman also served as a mentor for many young
  blacks. He encouraged them to enter the field of
  science. He was also an active member of the
  NAACP.

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Achievements

• Honorary Doctorate of Science in Chemistry at St.
  Augustine University in 1971
• Awarded by the US War Department for
  gratification that his research helped end the
  war
• Donated his body to science

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Famous Words

• Were in an age of discovery. We live in the
  world of the unknown. Thats the only place to
  live.

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Bibliography

• KTM Publications Black Futurists In The
  Information Age, 1997, pgs 89-90
• Lloyd Quaterman, www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/physics/
  quaterman_lloyd.html
• Lloyd Albert Quaterman, www.ceemast.csupomona.edu/
  nova/quart.html