George Robert Carruthers
American inventor and physicist
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George Robert Carruthers was an African American inventor, physicist, engineer and space scientist. Carruthers perfected a compact and very powerful ultraviolet camera/spectrograph for NASA to use when it launched Apollo 16 in 1972. Wikipedia
Born: October 1, 1939, Cincinnati, OH
Died: December 26, 2020 (age 81 years), Washington, D.C.
Education: The Grainger College of Engineering (1964), The Grainger College of Engineering (1962), The Grainger College of Engineering (1961), and more
Known for: Invention of the ultraviolet camera/spectrograph
Awards: Arthur S. Flemming Award, 1970; National Medal of Technology and Innovation, 2011