John Hays Hammond - Treasurer of the Institute, 1914

Miscellaneous radio inventions of Mr. Hammond relate to rebroadcasting, the use of broadcast transmitters for simultaneous telegraphy and telephony, radio typewriters, and automatic radio compasses. In 1928, he established a special purpose radiotelephone system in Italy and was decorated as a Grand Officer of the Crown. In the musical field, his inventions relate to pipe organs, pianos, and high quality sound productions from film and disk records. Mr. Hammond is a director of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), and president of the Hammond Research Corporation. He is a member of many engineering and scientific societies, became an Associate member of the IRE in 1912 and a Member in 1914. A brief biography is provided.