Lawrence Christopher Frank Horle (May 27, 1892 - October 29, 1950) was a noted American electrical engineer. Horle was born in

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from the

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, where he served as instructor until 1916. From 1916-1917 he was a design engineer of the Public Service Corporation, Newark, and 1917-1920 served as an Expert Radio Aide in the

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, supervising the radio development laboratory at the

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. Horle was subsequently chief engineer of the de Forest Radio Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York; consultant, Department of Commerce Radio Laboratory,

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, Washington; chief engineer, Federal Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York; and vice-president, Federal Telephone Manufacturing Company, Buffalo. During

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he served as civilian consultant to the Army Communications and Co-ordination Board of the Chief Signal Officer,

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. Horle was active in standardization committees and the

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, where he became a Fellow in 1925, served as president in 1940, and in 1948 he received the

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"for his contributions to the radio industry in standardization work, both in peace and war, particularly in the field of electron tubes, and for his guidance of a multiplicity of technical committees into effective action." He was also chief engineer of the Radio and Television Manufacturers' Association.

References

IEEE History Center biography

Proceedings of the I.R.E., May 1944

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