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Irwin Dorros
Born (1929-10-03) October 3, 1929 (age 94)
Brooklyn, New York
DiedJune 22, 2019[1]
New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Columbia University
SpouseJanet
Childrenthree
AwardsIEEE Founders Medal (1991)

Irwin Dorros (October 3, 1929 – June 22, 2019) was an American telecommunications executive and engineer.

Dorros was born in New York and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University.[2] From 1956 to 1978, he served as the executive director of Bell Telephone Laboratories. He later left Bell to join AT&T for which he served as an assistant vice president from 1978 to 1983. From 1984 to 1993, he was Executive vice president technical services for Bellcore.[3] He received the IEEE Founders Medal in 1991 "for distinguished technical leadership in the evolution of national telecommunications networks and the implementation of a major R&D resource".[4]

References

  1. ^ Obituary
  2. ^ [1]
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  4. ^ https://www.ieee.org/documents/founders_rl.pdf
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