Jesse Wakefield Beams (December 25, 1898 in Belle Plaine, Kansas – July 23, 1977) was an American physicist at the University of Virginia. Beams completed
of Science 1987 JesseW. BeamsAward from the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society 1988 Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt
Eminent Scholar Award. In 2015, the Southeastern Section of the APS named Radyushkin the recipient of the 2015 JesseW. BeamsAward [de]. "Anatoly Radyushkin"
elected Fellow of the American Physical Society. In 2020, he was awarded the JesseW. BeamsAward [de] for research by the Southeastern section of the American