John G. Trump

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John George Trump (August 21, 1907 – February 21, 1985) was an American electrical engineer and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He pioneered the use of high-voltage generators in cancer treatment and was founding chairman of High Voltage Engineering Corporation, a leading manufacturer of particle accelerators. Trump received his electrical engineering doctorate as the first students of MIT physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff. He joined MIT's faculty in 1935 and designed compact, high-voltage Van de Graaff generators for use in cancer radiotherapy. Trump later directed MIT's High Voltage Research Laboratory, which developed new radiotherapy techniques, trained radiologists, and treated more than 10,000 patients. Under Trump, the lab explored the generation and use of electrostatic power in medical sterilization, spacecraft propulsion, wastewater disinfection, and direct current power transmission. Ahead of American entry into World War II, Trump joined the National...

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