Title :
1946 Edison medal presentation: Lee de Forest
Author_Institution :
President of the Radio Corporation of America, New York, N. Y.
fDate :
3/1/1947 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/EE.1947.6443419
