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
Zhi-Pei Liang demonstrates what is considered an important advance in ultrafast magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging (MRSI), known as SPICE. This technique can accelerate spectroscopic imaging experiments, making high-resolution metabolic imaging possible.
Dec. 3, 1993
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology