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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectHendrik W. Bode
Dates
December 24, 1905 – June 21, 1982
Authorized Form of Name
Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade), 1905-1982
Additional Forms of Names
Bode, Hendrik W., 1905-
Bode, Hendrik Wade, 1905-1982
Biography
Abstract
Hendrik Wade Bode's research involved electrical networks theory and the development of electronic fire control devices. His institutional affiliations include Bell Telephone Laboratories and Harvard University.
Important Dates
December 24, 1905Birth, Madison (Wis.).
1924Obtained AB, Ohio State University, Columbus (Ohio).
1926Obtained AM, Ohio State University, Columbus (Ohio).
1926 – 1967Member, Technical Staff (1926-1944); Research Mathematician (1944-1952); Director, Mathematics Research (1952-1955); Director, Research in the Physical Sciences (1955-1958); and Vice President (1958-1967), Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).
1935Obtained PhD in Physics, Columbia University, New York (N.Y.).
1957Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1967 – 1974Gordon McKay Professor of Systems Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1969Awarded Edison Medal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
June 21, 1982Death, Cambridge (Mass.).
Occupation
Applied mathematician.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Brattain, Walter H. (Walter Houser), 1902-1987
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Buckley, Oliver Ellsworth, 1887-1959
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Clark, N. A. (Noel Anthony), 1940-
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Conwell, Esther M. (Esther Marley), 1922-2014
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Davisson, Clinton Joseph, 1881-1958
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Fisk, James B. (James Brown), 1910-1981
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Herring, William Conyers, 1914-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Hunsaker, Jerome C. (Jerome Clarke), 1886-1984
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Ives, Herbert Eugene, 1882-1953
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Jewett, Frank B. (Frank Baldwin), 1879-1949
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Kraichnan, Robert H., 1928-2008
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Pearson, Gerald L. (Gerald Leondus)
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Harvard University and Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Richards, Paul L. (Paul Linford)
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Additional
Hoddeson, Lillian
Institutions
Major Positions
Member, Technical Staff; Research Mathematician; Director, Mathematics Research; Director, Research in the Physical Sciences; and Vice President.
Harvard University. Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Gordon McKay Professor of Systems Engineering.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow.
American Mathematical Society
Columbia University. Department of Physics
Obtained Ph.D. in 1935.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Fellow and 1969 IEEE Edison Medal recipient.
National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Ohio State University. Department of Physics
Obtained AB in 1924 and AM in 1926.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Synergy: technical integration and technological innovation in the Bell system
Subject
Lillian Hoddeson papers, 1904-2001.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Gerald Leondus Pearson, 1976 August 23 and 8 April 1980.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA