Walter G. Cady [Biography]

Walter G. Cady (Member of the Board of the Institute of Radio Engineers, 1928) was born in Providence, Rhode Island, December 10, 1874. He received the Ph. B. and M. A. degrees from Brown University in 1895-96, and the Ph. D. degree from the University of Berlin in 1900. From 1895 to 1897 Dr. Cady was instructor in mathematics at Brown University. During the period of 1900-02 he was a Magnetic Observer for the Coast and Geodetic Survey. He left this service in 1902 to become an instructor in physics in Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn. In 1903 he was promoted to Assistant Professor and in 1907 Professor and Head of the Physics Department. The professional contributions of Dr. Cady are briefly recounted.