Benjamin Adler (10 November 1903 – 16 April 1990) was an American

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who helped develop the first commercial

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. He was born in New York City to Romanian Jewish immigrants. He graduated from the-now New York University Tandon School of Engineering.

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1903 births 1990 deaths American people of Romanian-Jewish descent Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni American electrical engineers 20th-century American engineers 20th-century American inventors {{US-electrical-engineer-stub