Background
Maxfield, J. P. was born on December 28, 1887 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Joseph Elwin and Harriett Whitemore (Mansfield) Maxfield.
Maxfield, J. P. was born on December 28, 1887 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Joseph Elwin and Harriett Whitemore (Mansfield) Maxfield.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1910.
Weis). Instructor physics and electro-chemistry Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1910-1914. Research physicist Western Electric Company. New York City, 1914-1919, department head (Later Bell Telephone laboratories), 1919-1926.
Manager engineering and research Victor Talking Machine Company, Camden, New Jersey, 1926-1929.
Construction engineering Electrical Research Products, Incorporated., New York City, 1929-1933, staff engineer, 1933-1936, director commercial engineering, 1936-1941. Superintendent commercial engineering Western Electric Company, Incorporated., 1941-1942.
Professor, director division physical war research Duke, 1942-1946, Bell Telephone laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1946-1947. Superintending scientist United States Navy Electronics Laboratory, 1948-1953.
1953-1956; consultant Navy Air Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, California, from 1956, acting chief scientist, from 1957.
Fellow American Institute Electrical engineer, American Physical Society, Accoustical Society American. Member Sigma Xi.; Member Church of Religious Science.
Married Milicent Arnold Harrison, June 20, 1914. Children: Katherine Hayward (Mistress Robert Gibney), Eleanor Taylor (Mistress Chas.