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Clyde Cowan

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Clyde Cowan conducting the neutrino experiment, (circa 1956)

Clyde Lorrain Cowan Jr (19191974) was a captain in the United States Army Air Force. In 1956, along with Fred Reines, he detected the existence of the neutrino in the neutrino experiment.

Frederick Reines received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 in both their names.

He is buried in Arlington Cemetery.

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