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James Wilcox Overbeck
(1939-2009)

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964
Thesis: Experimental test of the inverse compton effect hypothesis for the x-ray source in Scorpius
Advisor(s): Clark, George Whipple

Students:

AGID Name University Year Degree Awarded
34218 Tananbaum, Harvey Dale Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1968

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