C. Chapin Cutler
Appearance
Cassius Chapin Cutler | |
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Born | |
Died | December 1, 2002 | (aged 87)
Alma mater | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Awards | IEEE Edison Medal (1981) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Electrical engineering |
Cassius Chapin Cutler (December 16, 1914 – December 1, 2002) was an American electrical engineer at Bell Labs. His notable achievements include the invention of the corrugated waveguide and differential pulse-code modulation (DPCM).
Biography
He was born on December 16, 1914 in Springfield, Massachusetts to Paul A. Cutler and Myra Chapin. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1937. On September 27, 1941 he married Virginia Tyler in Waterford, Maine.[1]
In 1979 Cutler left Bell Labs to become a professor of applied physics at Stanford University.
He died on December 1, 2002, North Reading, Massachusetts.[1][2]
Honors and awards
- IEEE Edison Medal, 1981
- IEEE Centennial Medal, 1984
- IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, 1991 (with John O. Limb and Arun N. Netravali)
- member, National Academy of Engineering
- member, National Academy of Sciences
- Fellow, IEEE
References
- ^ a b "C. Chapin Cutler 1914–2002" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ Massachusetts Death Index
External links
- Bio at the IEEE History Center
- National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir – C. Chapin Cutler 1914–2002
Categories:
- 1914 births
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- 2002 deaths
- People from Springfield, Massachusetts
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumni
- American electrical engineers
- Scientists at Bell Labs
- Stanford University Department of Applied Physics faculty
- Fellow Members of the IEEE
- IEEE Edison Medal recipients
- Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
- IEEE Centennial Medal laureates
- Engineers from Massachusetts
- 20th-century American engineers
- American physicist stubs