Abstract :
Edmond Bruce was born in St. Louis, MO, USA, on September 28, 1899. He received his early education in that city, Cambridge, Mass., Brooklyn, NY., and Washington, DC. In March, 1917, he left high school to join the U. S. Navy and after serving in various capacities was eventually located at Otter Cliffs, Maine, as chief radio electrician in the transatlantic communication service. Upon leaving the navy, he studied at George Washington University in 1919 and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1920 to 1924, receiving his batchelor´s degree in electrical communication. During these years he also did engineering work for the Clapp-Eastham Company. He entered the services of the Western Electric Company in 1924, and in 1925 became a member of the Bell Telephone Laboratories staff with which organization he is still associated. He has been engaged in the development of short-wave radio receivers and field strength measuring equipment. More recently he has specialized in directive antenna systems for short-wave radio communication, and it is for his work in this latter field that the Morris Liebmann Memorial Prize was awarded him. He is a member of the Tau Beta Pi honorary engineering fraternity. He became an Associate member of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) in 1926, transferring to the Member grade in 1929.
