Special:Badtitle/NS90:Milestone-Proposal talk:Cruft HighTension Laboratory, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science/Advocate comments/Advocate assessment/reply (2)

Hi Juan. Sorry I did not respond to you earlier because I was thinking. But now I'm ready. You've raised major issues and yes I will proceed accordingly by modifying the GHN.

1. You are right and I will focus on work / activities / not buildings and certainly not university academia degrees. The accomplishments I have in mind do NOT include academic things that professors are suppose to do as part of their job. Instead, the nomination will dentify special training, special courses, research work, and activities that dealt with early wireless, electronics, radio, and communication, given to men and women in the US Army and Navy. I will argue that Harvard received the first government contract to educate and train military personnel to become Radio Techs and Communications Officers. There were different programs over the years. Crufts Lab is where the first 'Radio Training School' was located. A Naval School for Radio Technicians also existed. Communications Officers were included. I contend that training of military personnel in widened the scope of interests in electronics and communications. This elevated in stature of radio and communications.

2. Yes, the research, training, courses, education of electronic technicians and communications officers, were indeed military. Commercial ships at sea may have benefitted in the longer term. Overall, Its fair to say that electrical technology benefitted, that good jobs were created in radio, electronics and communications.

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Gilmore Cooke