Frank Baldwin Jewett (; September 5, 1879 – November 18, 1949) worked as an engineer for American Telegraph and Telephone where his work demonstrated transatlantic radio telephony using a vacuum-tube transmitter. He was also a

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and the first president of

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Biography

He graduated from the Throop Institute of Technology (later the California Institute of Technology) in 1898, and received the doctoral degree in physics in 1902 from the University of Chicago (IL). Jewett was president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers from 1922 to 1923. The Bell Telephone Laboratories were established in 1925 with Jewett as president; he stayed until 1940. He also was chairman of the Board of Directors of

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from 1940 to 1944. In 1928, the AIEE awarded him the Edison Medal "For his contributions to the art of electric communication." Jewett was president of the

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from 1939 to 1947. In 1950, he was awarded the

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from the

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for recognition of his role in technology leadership. He also served on the National Defense Research Committee.

Patents

*, Means for analyzing and synthesizing electric waves, 1925.

Sources

IEEE History Biography of Frank B Jewett
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External links

National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jewett, Frank B 1879 births 1949 deaths American physicists University of Chicago alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Scientists at Bell Labs People from Pasadena, California IEEE Edison Medal recipients John Fritz Medal recipients