Louis Smullin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1916
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Date of Death: 04-Jun-2009
Profession: university teacher
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Louis Smullin
- Louis ("Lou") Dijour Smullin (born February 5, 1916 in Detroit , died June 4, 2009 in Newton, Massachusetts ) was an American electrical engineer who spend most of his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
- He is best known for his work with Giorgio Fiocco to measure the distance to the Moon using a ruby laser in 1962, shortly after that device was invented.
- Earlier, he had worked in the microwave radar field at the MIT Radiation Laboratory and was instrumental in creating the Lincoln Laboratory that carried on this work.
- Later he worked on developing instrumentation for nuclear fusion research and many other projects.
- He retired in 1986, but worked at the department until 2001.
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