Beckman Credit - NASA

Personal: Male. Born in USA.

Arnold O. Beckman received his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1928 and became an inventor and manufacturer of various analytical instruments. He became Chairman Emeritus of Caltech's Board of Trustees in 1981.

• Launius, Roger D, NASA Chief Historian, NASA History Office Home Page, . Accessed at: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/index.html.