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Van Vleck

American  
[van vlek] / væn ˈvlɛk /

noun

  1. John H(asbrouck) 1899–1980, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1977.


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After Haggerty and Crawford found the assembly tedious and confusing, they pawned it off on clubhouse co-manager Joe Van Vleck, who put together the new toy.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

The stalwarts included Harvard University’s John Van Vleck, even though he had trained many of the leaders of the next generation, including Anderson.

From Nature • Sep. 17, 2018

Cattle graze on hay in a landscape that would normally be covered in green grass on the Van Vleck Ranch in Rancho Murieta, California, Feb. 12, 2014.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2015

Today, at 31, Robinson handles clients that run the gamut from start-up companies to Fortune 500 firms at Van Vleck Turner & Zaller, also in L.A.

From Time • Oct. 8, 2014

Aug. 23rd our colonel, Carter Van Vleck, died from wounds received in front of Atlanta.

From Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865 Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Averysboro, Bentonville by Robbins, Edward Mott