Grote Reber collection, 1933-2000
Collection
Identifier: 002.05.12
Description of the Collection
The collection contains manuscripts, photographs, transparencies, and a video related to Grote Reber.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-2000
Creator
- Reber, Grote, 1911-2002 (Person)
Language of Materials
Records are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Research
Biographical Note
Grote Reber, the creator of the first radio telescope, graduated from Armour Institute of Technology in 1933 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Reber was given an Illinois Institute of Technology Distinguished Service Award in 1949, and was inducted into the IIT Hall of Fame in 1983. He was named a Person of the Millennium in the IIT student project of 2000.
Full Extent
2 Series
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Was formerly 2007.031.
Processor
Mindy Pugh, Assistant University Archivist 7/10/2007
Subject
- Reber, Grote, 1911-2002 (Person)
Part of the Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections Repository