Arnold Orville Beckman

Arnold Orville Beckman was born on April 10, 1900, in Cullom, Illinois . He was an American chemist and businessperson , who held citizenship in the United States . Beckman was educated at several institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , and University High School in Normal, Illinois . Roscoe G. Dickinson served as Beckman's doctoral advisor .

Beckman founded the company Beckman Coulter . He died on May 18, 2004, in La Jolla . Beckman received several awards during his lifetime, including being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1987 .