Fletcher, Harvey, 1884-1981-
Harvey Fletcher autobiographical notes, 1956.
Autobiographical notes taken from a questionnaire prepared for the American Institute of Physics Project on the History of Recent Physics in the United States and briefly covering Fletcher's childhood and education in Provo, Utah; his graduate work with Robert Millikan; and his work in acoustics at Bell Laboratories. File also includes: list of his research publications; a two-page biographical sketch; and a curriculum vitae with a list of honors.
Acoustician and authority on acoustical science. Co-founder of Bolt, Beranek and Newman Inc. of Cambridge, MA; president 1953-1969, director 1953-1983. Taught at Harvard, 1940-1946; Associate Professor of Communication Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-1959, and lecturer, 1959-1981. Fellow in American Physical Society, Acoustical Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Audio Engineering Society.
Fletcher, Harvey, 1884-1981-
Fletcher, Harvey, 1884 -- Awards.
Fletcher, Harvey, 1884 -- Childhood and youth -- United States -- Utah -- Provo.
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953.
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Physics -- Study and teaching
Autobiographies. aat aat
Biography files. aat
Lists. aat aat
Physicists. lcsh
Sound. aip
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA