History
About Arnold Beckman
Arnold Beckman (B.S., 1922, chemical engineering; MS, 1923, chemical engineering) was a famed inventor, business man, and advocate for scientific research.
His accomplishments include:
- Inventing a portable pH meter, the Helipot, a precision electrical resistance device and the DU spectrophotometer
- Founding National Technical Laboratories, which exists today as Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
- Contributing, with wife Mabel, nearly $350 million to the advancement of research and education
- Founding the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, as well as:
- Beckman Institute at the California Institute of Technology
- The Beckman Laser Institute at the University of California at Irvine
- Stanford University's Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Engineering
- The Center for the History of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania
- The Beckman Research Institute at the City of Hope, an institute dedicated to the prevention and cure of life-threatening diseases
Notable events in the Beckman Institute's history
University of Illinois campus leadership and Arnold and Mabel Beckman break ground on the construction of the Beckman Institute. The space on campus' north end had most recently been home to Illinois Field, the university's baseball diamonds. It was also the location of campus' first building when the University of Illinois opened its doors in 1868.
Oct. 10, 1986
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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology