Eugene T. Booth

Eugene Theodore Booth
Born(1912-09-28)September 28, 1912
DiedMarch 6, 2004(2004-03-06) (aged 91)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationNuclear physicist
Known forMaking the first demonstration of nuclear fission in the United States, working on gaseous separation of uranium isotopes, directing the construction of a synchrocyclotron
Scientific career
ThesisThe production and acceleration of positive ions (1937)
Doctoral studentsLeon M. Lederman

Eugene Theodore Booth, Jr. (28 September 1912 – 6 March 2004) was an American nuclear physicist. He was a member of the historic Columbia University team which made the first demonstration of nuclear fission in the United States. During the Manhattan Project, he worked on gaseous diffusion for isotope separation. He was the director of the design, construction, and operation project for the 385-Mev synchrocyclotron at the Nevis Laboratories, the scientific director of the SCALANT Research Center, and dean of graduate studies at Stevens Institute of Technology. Booth was the scientific director of the SCALANT Research Center, in Italy.[1][verification needed]

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