Alfred Gross (engineer)
Irving Alfred Gross (born February 22, 1918 in Toronto , † December 21, 2000 in Sun City , Arizona ) was an American electrical engineer .
Alfred Gross studied electrical engineering at the Case School of Applied Sciences . After the invention of the handheld radio by the Canadian Donald Hings, he found a way to downsize these devices , which at that time were still operated with electron tubes , and to operate them in the upper VHF range.
After the Second World War, among other things, he produced the first devices for CB radio and invented the pager .
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| SURNAME | Gross, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gross, Irving Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American electrical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 2000 |
| Place of death | Sun City , Arizona |