Edward Lawry Norton (jul 28, 1898 – jan 28, 1985)
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• Full name: Edward Lawry Norton• Born: 28 July 1898
• Birthplace: Rockland, Maine, United States
• Died: 28 January 1983
• Place of death: United States
• Nationality: American
• Field: Electrical Engineering
Edward Lawry Norton was born in Rockland, Maine on July 28, 1898. He attended the University of Maine for one year before joining the U.S Navy on April 3, 1917. After being trained in radio operations at various naval facilities and Harvard’s Naval Radio School, he served as an Electrician Second Class Radio (radio operator) on the USS Texan (ID-1354), a cargo ship, from March 25, 1918 to August 30, 1919. He returned to the University of Maine after his wartime service, staying one year before transferring to M.I.T. in 1920, receiving his S.B. degree (electrical engineering) in 1922. He started work in 1922 at the Western Electric Corporation in New York City, which eventually became Bell Laboratories in 1925. While working for Western Electric, he earned a M.A. degree in electrical engineering from Columbia University in 1925. He retired in 1961 and died on January 28, 1983 at the King James Nursing Home in Chatham, New Jersey.
Norton became a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and of the IRE (latter in 1961). His 1954 biography, reproduced courtesy of the AT&T Archives, says that he had 19 patents, but a twentieth was filed after the date of the biography and granted after he retired.
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Date:
jul 28, 1898
jan 28, 1985
~ 86 years