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Walter L. Shaw
Walter L. Shaw Sr. (December 20, 1916, in Vineland, New Jersey – July 21, 1996) was an American telecommunications engineer and inventor who clashed with his employer (variously identified as AT&T Corporation, AT&T, Bell Telephone Company, Bell and Southern Bell) over ownership of his inventions. As a result, he quit and eventually ended up supplying the Italian-American Mafia, Mafia with black boxes capable of making free and untraceable telephone calls. In 1976, he was convicted of "illegal phone usage" and sent to prison. Biography He was born on December 20, 1916, in Vineland, New Jersey, to Amanda and Edward Shaw. Shaw went to work for AT&T or Bell or Southern Bell in 1935. In his spare time, he invented things, eventually obtaining 39 patents. His inventions or inventions based on his patents include: the speakerphone, call forwarding, conference calling and the answering machine. In 1954, he was asked by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to create the Moscow–Washingt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vineland, New Jersey
Vineland is a City (New Jersey), city and the most populous municipality in Cumberland County, New Jersey, Cumberland County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey. Bridgeton, New Jersey, Bridgeton and Vineland are the two principal cities of the Vineland-Bridgeton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of Cumberland County for statistical purposes and which constitutes a part of the Delaware Valley (the Philadelphia metropolitan area). The MSA had a population of 156,898 as of the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 60,780, its highest United States census, decennial count ever and an increase of 56 (+0.1%) from the 60,724 recorded at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 4,453 (+7.9%) from the 56,271 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
