DocumentCode
1489457
Title
1946 Edison medal presentation: Lee de Forest
Author
Sarnoff, David
Author_Institution
President of the Radio Corporation of America, New York, N. Y.
Volume
66
Issue
3
fYear
1947
fDate
3/1/1947 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
254
Lastpage
255
Abstract
PRESENTATION of the 1946 Edison Medal to Lee de Forest (F ´18) “for pioneering achievements in radio and for the invention of a grid-controlled vacuum tube with its profound technical and social consequences” was made by AIEE President J. Elmer Housley on Tuesday, January 27, at a general session of the 1947 AIEE winter meeting. David Sarnoff (M ´23) introduced the medalist. The history of the medal itself was given in ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING for February 1947, page 122.
Keywords
Detectors; Electron tubes; Medals; Technological innovation; Valves; Wireless communication; Wires;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electrical Engineering
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0095-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/EE.1947.6443419
Filename
6443419
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