Frank B. Jewett
Frank Baldwin Jewett (born September 5, 1879 in Pasadena (California) , † November 18, 1949 ) was an American physicist and the first president of Bell Laboratories .
In 1898 he graduated from the Throop Institute of Technology (now California Institute of Technology ) and received his doctorate in physics from the University of Chicago in 1902 . In 1928 he received the Edison Medal from the American Institute of Electrical Engineers .
When Bell Telephone Laboratories was founded in 1925, he became its president. From 1940 to 1944 he moved there to the Board of Directors .
In 1930 Jewett was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 1938 to the American Philosophical Society . From 1939 to 1947 he was President of the National Academy of Sciences , of which he had been a member since 1919. He also served on the National Defense Research Committee .
Individual evidence
- ^ Frank B. Jewett, Biography. Retrieved November 14, 2014 .
- ^ Member History: Frank B. Jewett. American Philosophical Society, accessed October 13, 2018 .
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SURNAME | Jewett, Frank B. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jewett, Frank Baldwin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist and first President of Bell Labs |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1879 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pasadena, California |
DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1949 |