Fred Begay
Fred Begay (July 2, 1932 – April 30, 2013), also Fred Young or Clever Fox, was a Navajo/Ute nuclear physicist. Begay was born in Towaoc, Colorado on the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation. His work was in the alternative use of laser, electron and ion beams to heat thermonuclear plasmas for use as alternative energy sources.
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Photo of Dr. Fred Begay distributed on the occasion of his election to the New York Academy of Sciences. | |
| Born | July 2, 1932 Towaoc, Colorado |
| Died | April 30, 2013 (aged 80) |
| Citizenship | Navajo, Ute |
| Alma mater | University of New Mexico (B.S, M.S., PhD) |
| Spouse | Helen Smith |
| Children | 8 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear physics |
| Thesis | Development of the OSO-6 High-Energy Neutron Detector and Correlation of Measured Solar Neutron Fluxes to Solar Flares (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | C.P. Leavitt |
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