Edward E. David

Biography

Abstract

Edward E. David is President of EED, Inc. (1976-present). Other institutional affiliations include Bell Laboratories and Exxon Research and Engineering Company. He also served on the President's Science Advisory Committee, 1970-73.

Important Dates

January 25, 1925Birth, Wilmington (N.C.).

1945Obtained BEE, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (Ga.).

1950Obtained ScD in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).

1950Obtained SM in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).

1950 – 1970Member, Technical Staff (1950-1956); Engineer-in-Charge, Acoustics Research (1956-1958); Director, Visual and Acoustics Research (1958-1965); and Executive Director, Communications Systems Research (1965-1970), Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).

1970Member, National Academy of Sciences.

1970 – 1973Director, Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology.

1970 – 1973Chair and Science Adviser to the President, President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC).

1973 – 1977Executive Vice President, Gould, Inc.

1975 – 1981Chair, Board of Trustees, Aerospace Corporation.

1976 – presentPresident, EED, Inc.

1977 – 1985President, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale (N.J.).

1979President, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

1985 – presentConsultant.

Occupation

Electrical engineer.

Places

Birth

Wilmington (N.C.)

Undergraduate Education

Atlanta (Ga.)

Graduate Education

Cambridge (Mass.)

Cambridge (Mass.)

Employment

Murray Hill (N.J.)

Bedminster (N.J.)

Annandale (N.J.)

Subjects

Artificial intelligence

Computer Simulation.

Electrical engineering.

Relationships

People

Colleagues

Ahlers, G. (Günter)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Alvarez, Luis W., 1911-1988

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Appelbaum, J. A. (Joel A.)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Ashkin, Arthur, 1922-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Aspnes, D. E.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Baldeschwieler, John D., 1933-

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Bardeen, John

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade), 1905-1982

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Boyle, Willard S., 1924-2011

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.

Buchsbaum, Solomon J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories and on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Buckley, Oliver Ellsworth, 1887-1959

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Cairns, Theodore L. (Theodore Lesueur), 1914-1994

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Chu, Ching-wu, 1941-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chynoweth, A. G.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Clogston, Albert McCavour

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Cohen, Marvin L.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Coleman, James S., 1926-1995

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Conwell, Esther M. (Esther Marley), 1922-2014

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Cutler, Cassius Chapin

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Darlington, Sidney, 1906-1997

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Dynes, Robert C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Feher, George, 1924-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Fisk, James B. (James Brown), 1910-1981

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Fitch, Val L., 1923-2015

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Fleury, Paul A.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Friedman, Herbert, 1916-2000

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Fulton, Theodore Alan

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Galt, John Kirtland, 1920-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Garwin, Richard L.

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Geballe, Theodore H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Gell-Mann, Murray

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Gossard, A. C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Haggerty, Patrick E.

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Hagstrum, Homer D.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Halperin, Bertrand I.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hamann, Donald, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Herring, William Conyers, 1914-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hohenberg, Pierre C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hopfield, John J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Javan, Ali, 1926-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Kelly, Mervin Joe

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Kittel, Charles

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Kompfner, Rudolf, 1909-1977

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Kraichnan, Robert H., 1928-2008

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Lander, James J., 1914-1996

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Lax, Melvin J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Libchaber, Albert J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Matthias, Bernd T., 1918-1980

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

McMillan, William L.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Olsen, Kenneth H.

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Patel, C. Kumar N.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Pearson, Gerald L. (Gerald Leondus)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Penzias, Arno A.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Pfann, William G.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Phillips, J. C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Raney, William P.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Rice, Thomas Maurice, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Richards, Paul L. (Paul Linford)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Rowell, John Martin, 1935-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Sarachik, Myriam P.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Shank, C. V. (Charles V.)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Shockley, William, 1910-1989

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Simon, Herbert A. (Herbert Alexander), 1916-2001

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Smith, George E., 1930-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Smith, Lloyd H., 1924-

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Smith, Neville, 1942-2006

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Stillinger, F. H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Suhl, Harry

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Tauc, J. (Jan)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Truxal, John G.

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Turner, Howard Sinclair, 1911-

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Wood, Harland G. (Harland Goff), 1907-1991

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Wyngaarden, James B., 1924-

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Additional

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

Served on Nixon's President's Science Advisory Committee.

Institutions

Major Positions

Aerospace Corporation

Chair, Board of Trustees.

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Member, Technical Staff; Engineer-in-Charge, Acoustics Research; Director, Visual and Acoustics Research; and Executive Director, Communications Systems Research.

EED, Inc.

President.

Exxon Research and Engineering Company

President.

Gould Inc.

Executive Vice President.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Association for the Advancement of Science

President.

Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Electrical Engineering

Obtained BEE.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering

Obtained SM and ScD in Electrical Engineering.

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Member.

United States. President's Science Advisory Committee

Director; Member; and Chair and Science Adviser to the President.

Resources

Archival Resources

Author

Sessions from the 9th annual meeting. (Sound Recording). October 6, 1966.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Published Resources

Author

Waves and the ear