Lewis Warrington Chubb (October 22, 1882 – April 2, 1952) was an American electrical engineer, director of Westinghouse Research Laboratory, pioneer in

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, and inventor, who was awarded the

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in 1947.

Biography

Chubb was born in

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in 1882, the son of army officer Charles St. John Chubb and Sarah L. (Eaton) Chubb. He was raised in multiple army posts of the West, where "Indian uprisings were still flickering along the vanishing frontier." In 1905 Chubb obtained his MSc from

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

, and started his lifelong career at

Westinghouse Electric Corporation The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an American manufacturing company founded in 1886 by George Westinghouse. It was originally named "Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company" and was renamed "Westinghouse Electric Corporation" in ...

as apprentice in research, development and testing. By 1920 he directed the radio engineering department,J.R. North. "Obituary : Lewis Warrington Chubb," in: ''Electrical Engineering,'' Vol. 71. 1952. p. 479 and from 1930 until his retirement in 1948 he was research director of the Director of Research.Alexander Hopkins McDannald. ''The Americana annual: an encyclopedia of current events,'' 1953. p. 133 Chubb was granted 150 patents. He was awarded the honorary doctor of science by the

Allegheny College he, תגל ערבה ותפרח כחבצלת , mottoeng = "Add to your faith, virtue and to your faith, knowledge" (2 Peter 1:5)"The desert shall rejoice and the blossom as the rose" (Isaiah 35:1) , faculty = 193 ...

, and by the

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. The Ohio State University awarded him the Benjamin G. Lamme Meritorious Achievement Medal, and in 1947 he was awarded the

Selected publications

* Lewis Warrington Chubb. ''The world within the atom : how scientists explored the atom and learned to release its energy,'' 1950. ;Patents, a selection * Warrington, Chubb Lewis. "Electrical precipitating system." U.S. Patent No. 1,399,422. 6 Dec. 1921. * Lewis, Warrington Chubb. "Electropercussive welding." U.S. Patent No. 1,373,054. 29 Mar. 1921. * Warrington, Chubb Lewis. "Emergency source of voltage." U.S. Patent No. 1,401,671. 27 Dec. 1921. * Lewis, Warrington Chubb. "Means for producing high voltage." U.S. Patent No. 1,508,162. 9 Sep. 1924. * Warrington, Chubb Lewis. "Light telephony." U.S. Patent No. 1,642,011. 13 Sep. 1927. * Warrington, Chubb Lewis. "Vehicle lighting system." U.S. Patent No. 2,087,795. 20 Jul. 1937.

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Lewis Warrington Chubb (1883-1952)
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