Lester Wolfe
Lester Wolfe (1897 Chelsea, Massachusetts - July 6, 1983 Southampton, New York) was an inventor, president of William J. Rountree Company and steamship agent and broker[1] whose will funded "fellowships for studies in molecular biology and for research using optical methods in the investigation of the structure and properties of matter."[2] The Lester Wolfe Workshop in Laser Biomedicine is named after him.
Wolfe graduated from MIT in 1919 with a degree in physics. He worked as an inventor while serving in the military during World War I and earned a commendation for his Radiation Fuel Quantity Guage.[2] He also invented the Sono-buoy to detect German submarines in World War II.[3] A resident of Manhattan, Wolfe died of heart failure at his summer home.[1]
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- ^ a b "Lester Wolfe, 86, an Inventor Of Equipment for the Military". The New York Times. July 9, 1983. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Lester Wolfe biography". MIT Spectroscopy Lab. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Lester Wolfe, whose inventions were used in U.S. fighter..." UPI Archives. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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