View source for Milestone-Proposal:Research and education in electronics and communications at Cruft Laboratory, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science, 1915 to 1947

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|a11=Yes
|a3=1917 to 1945
|a1=Teaching of Military Personnel in Electronics and Communications  at Harvard's Laboratories
|plaque citation=In 1917 the first Radio Training School for the armed forces was established at the Cruft Laboratory. Special training and courses in electronics and communications followed in the thirties and forties to communications officers.  Interestingly, the first two Directors of the   laboratory each received the IRE Medal of Honor for their work: GW Pierce for published research and patents on crystal detectors and magnetostriction; and EL Chaffee for research contributions and training for leadership in communications.  word count 76
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|Senior officer name=Robert Alongi, Business Manager
|Senior officer email=robert Alongi <r.alongi@ieee.org>
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|Senior officer name=Robert Alongi, Business Manager
|Senior officer email=robert Alongi <r.alongi@ieee.org>
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|Section chair name=Robert Alongi, Business Manager
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|Proposer name=Gilmore Cooke
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|a2a=Pierce/Cruft bridge Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,  located at 19A Oxford Street, Cambridge MA 02138


|a7=Pierce/Cruft bridge Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,  located at 19A Oxford Street, Cambridge MA 02138. This  spot is where the union of physics and engineering took place.
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|mounting details=Will be mounted inside the building.
|a9=Space is opened to students and the general public.
|a10=Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
|permission letter=IEEE.MilestoneAwards. 1.15.2013.Cruft.pdf
|support letter=Boston_Section_memo_re_milestones_.pdf
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|references=1. Excerpts Cruft Laboratory, Annual Reports 1916 to 1929.  attached
2. Excerpts Annual Report of the Graduate School of Engineering from 1943 to 1945. attached
3. Cruft Electronic Staff, "Electronic Circuits and Tubes" McGraw Hill, 1947 (994 pages).  attached
4. Article "Naval School for Radio Electricians Established" Boston Globe, 17 June 1917. attached
5. New Combined Physics Laboratory A Modern Unit…….,  The Harvard Crimson, March 12, 1932. attached
6. Websites
Harvard CHSI biography on Radio Research Laboratory
http://dssmhi1.fas.harvard.edu/emuseumdev/code/emuseum.asp?action=advsearch&newsearch=1&profile=people&rawsearch=constituentid/,/is/,/8725/,/false/,/true&style=single&searchdesc=Radio Research Laboratory
Harvard CHSI biography on Cruft Laboratory http://dssmhi1.fas.harvard.edu/emuseumdev/code/emuseum.asp?action=advsearch&newsearch=1&profile=people&rawsearch=constituentid/,/is/,/991/,/false/,/true&style=single&searchdesc=Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University
7. Web Biographies
George W. Pierce IEEE GHN
http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/George_W._Pierce 
GW Pierce Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._W._Pierce
G. W. Pierce, 1929, Crystal detectors, magnetostriction devices, author
E Leon Chaffee IEEE GHN
http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/E._Leon_Chaffee#Work_at_Harvard
Emory Leon Chaffee Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/104303/Emory-Leon-Chaffee 

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