Abstract :
Born October 25, 1903, at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Received B.S. degree in electrical engineering, Louisiana State University, 1926; law student, Louisiana State University, 1926–1927; M.S. degree in electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1929; D.C. degree in physics, Technische Hochschule, Munich, Germany, 1931. Assistant, electrical engineering department, Louisiana State University, 1925–1926; instructor, communications division, electrical engineering department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1928–1929; Redfield Proctor Fellow in physics, Technische Hochschule, Munich, 1929–1931; research and instructor, communications division, Round Hill, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1931 to date. Associate member, Institute of Radio Engineers, 1928.