George Pake (April 1 1924 - March 4 2004) was a physicist and research executive primarily known for helping found Xerox PARC. Pake earned his bachelors and masters degrees from the Carnegie Institute of Technology and his doctorate in physics at Harvard University in 1948. After four years as a physics professor at Washington University in St. Louis, Pake became the head of the physics department at age 28. Wikipedia
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