Joseph H.

Keenan
Ascher Shapiro

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Jesse W. Beams, nationally recognized
research physicist and Professor Emeritus
at the University of Virginia, died 23 July.
He was 78 years old.
In a long and active career Beams made
important contributions in several fields
of physics: electro-optical phenomena,
measurement of short times, electrical
discharges, acceleration of ions and
high-speed rotational devices. Perhaps
his best known work was the development
and use of the magnetic ultra-centrifuge.
In 1967 he was awarded the National
Medal of Science for developing the nec-
essary technology for separating viruses
and other biological forms from their
carrying media, "opening a new realm in BEAMS
the study of life processes." In 1972 he
was cited by the Atomic Energy Com- Past President of The American
mission for his work on gas centrifuges to Physical Society (1958-59), Vice-Presi-
separate uranium isotopes. dent of the American Association for the
Retiring from active teaching in 1969, Advancement of Science (1943) and a
Beams continued his research with sig- member of the National Academy of Arts
nificant contributions to physics and and Sciences. Beams was honored by
biophysics. One of these was the devel- many awards and distinctions throughout
opment of an ingenious method for mea- his career.
suring the constant of universal gravita- It was a privilege to know Jesse Beams;
tion (PHYSICS TODAY, May 1971, page not only does one remember the origi-
34). All of Beams's work was character- nality and keenness of his mind but also
ized by a striking originality and ingenuity the warmth and kindness of his heart.
that continued to the end. J. CURRY STREET
Beams was born in Belle Plains, Kansas Physics Department
in 1898. He received his PhD from the Harvard University
University of Virginia, Charlottesville in
1925. He went on to hold a National
Research Fellowship at Virginia (1925- Joseph H. Keenan
26) and at Yale University (1926-27).
After a year teaching at Yale Beams re- Joseph H. Keenan, a towering figure in
turned to the University of Virginia as engineering thermodynamics and Pro-
associate professor. In 1948 he was ap- fessor Emeritus of Mechanical Engi-
pointed chairman of the department of neering at the Massachusetts Institute of
physics and continued in this role until Technology, died on 17 July.
1962. Born in Wilkes-Barre. Pa. in 1900,
Beams's teaching was tremendously Keenan earned his SB degree in 1922 at
effective and characterized by example MIT in naval architecture and marine
and collaboration rather than exhorta- engineering. Until 1928 he was a turbine
tion. An equally effective writer, he ei- engineer with General Electric Company,
ther wrote or was co-author for more than where he first became interested in the
236 articles, working on two additional properties of steam. From 1928 to 1934 he
manuscripts at the time of his death. taught at the Stevens Institute of Tech-
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nology. In 1934 he came to MIT as an as-
sociate professor of mechanical engi-
neering and remained there until retire-
ment, becoming full professor in 1939 and
serving as department head from 1958 to
1961.
Keenan's works on thermodynamics
revolutionized the teaching of engineering
u
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thermodynamics throughout the world. «
His textbook, Thermodynamics, pub- !i
lished in 1941, characterized by simplicity j
of approach and rigor in logical develop- J
ment, remains a classic in the field. g
He brought to the engineering profes- jj
sion the thermodynamics of J. Willard ^J
Gibbs. In the 1930's he adapted Gibbs's *' *
concept of thermodynamic availability to f
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the steady-flow processes of engineering. I
Recently it has become an important tool t
in the shaping of national energy policy.
In 1965, Keenan was a co-author for
s
Principles of General Thermodynamics,
a unifying formulation applicable to a "
broadened range of systems and phe-
nomena, valid whether the system is •-'
quantum or classical. '']
The development of accurate tables of ••'
the properties of steam was a lifelong oc-
cupation for Keenan. His name is syn- •"
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onymous with the Steam Tables familiar "
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to generations of students and practicing
engineers, published successively in 1930,
1936, 1939 and 1969. The Air Tables,
and then the Gas Tables, for which he was
co-author, provided for the emerging JJ
gas-turbine industry what the Steam
Tables had done for the steam-power in- a
dustry.
As a teacher, Keenan had a deep and
genuine concern for his students, whom
he patiently led to individual discoveries
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and insights through his highly individual
style. He was a member of the National
Academy of Engineering and the Ameri-
can Academy of Arts and Science, and
held many other honors.
ASCHER SHAPIRO
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrew Guthrie
Andrew Guthrie, professor emeritus of
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Born in 1915 in British Columbia, Gu-
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faculty for a year, but left to serve during
the war as a contributor to the Manhattan
Project. He was an associate physicist
and consultant at the Berkeley Radiation
Laboratory until 1946. Guthrie taught at
San Jose State University, before joining
the US Radiological Defense Laboratory
(San Francisco) as nucleonics division
head. He left in 1960 to become chair-
man of the physics department at the
newly organized California State Uni-
versity, Hayward.
Guthrie's research interests and pub-
lications were mainly in the fields of nu-