Jose Baxeres De Alzugaray
Dr. Jose Baxeres De Alzugaray (1866 - June 12, 1937) was an Argentina-born American chemist who was most noted for his pioneering work in development of vanadium steel. [1] He also produced first synthetic ruby.[1] [2] The New York Times called him "authority on war vessel armor",[1] and an "early advocate of radium in cancer treatment".[1] De Alzugaray immigrated to the United States in 1905.