Jabez Curry Street (May 5, 1906 – November 7, 1989) was an American physicist, a co-discoverer of atomic particles called muons.
National Academies Press:Biographical Memoirs:Jabez Curry Street;By K. T. Bainbridge, E. M. Purcell, N. F. Ramsey, and K. Strauch
Street was also notable for heading the group at the wartime Radiation Laboratory at MIT that created ground and ship radar systems. He also directed development of LORAN Navigation System, which is used worldwide for navigation purposes. Street was chairman of the physics department at Harvard University and acting director of the Cambridge Electron Accelerator, a member of the National Academy of Sciences. The National Academies Press called him "a boldly innovative experimental physicist whose discoveries in cosmic rays influenced decisively the course of high-energy physics."
Chronology
May 5, 1906: born in Opelika, Alabama 1927: B.S. in electrical engineering, the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (renamed in 1960 Auburn University) 1931: Ph.D., the University of Virginia with thesis The fall of potential in electrical discharges under the supervision of Jesse Wakefield Beams 1932–1970: Harvard University, Instructor to Professor of Physics 1936: elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (search on year=1936 and institution=Harvard University) 1937: discovers muons with E. C. Stevenson at Harvard University 1940–1945: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Researcher 1953: elected to the National Academy of Sciences 1955–1960: Harvard University, Chair, Department of Physics 1962–1963: Harvard-MIT Cambridge Electron Accelerator, Acting Director 1970–1976: Harvard University, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics 1976: retired 1976–1989: Harvard University, Emeritus Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics November 7, 1989: died in Charleston, South Carolina
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