1998 Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation Hall of Fame Inductee

Albert was born in Puebla Mexico in 1912. He grew up in New York from the age of 5 while his father founded the first Spanish Methodist church in New York. Albert got his BS in math and physics from Drew University, and a masters in math from Syracuse. He taught at Wagner college from 1940 to 1944, before moving to Stanford to pursue his doctorate. In 1948 he co-invented the X-ray reflection microscope which is still used today. He also taught undergraduate classes before his graduation in 1950. Baez then taught at the University of Redlands until 1956, where he continued research on X-ray tools. He returned to Stanford in 1956, focusing this time on how to reshape physics education in high school. In 1959, he accepted a position at MIT to continue this work. In 1960, Albert developed the X-ray telescope with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge. In 1961, Albert developed projects in the basic sciences for a science education program for UNESCO. After this position, he primarily wrote textbooks and memoirs, delivered lectures across the US, and was the president Vivamos Mejor (an organization helping impoverished villages in Mexico). He died in 2007 at the age of 94.