Education
In 1935 he completed his Doctor of Philosophy at the, under Neal H. Williams, with a thesis entitled: Electromagnetic-Waves of 1.1 cm Wavelength and the Absorption Spectrum of Ammonia.
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Claud Edwin Cleeton
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This was the groundwork that led to the eventual development of the radar. After the war, he conceived and developed a space surveillance system that detected Soviet satellites. When he retired, he wrote books on stock trading, and he taught himself to use the computer.
Cleeton also developed computer programs for stock analysis.
Cleeton died of heart failure April 16, 1997, at the age of 89.
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Foreign his wartime efforts, Cleeton received the President"s Certificate of Merit from Harry Truman in 1946 and the Meritorious Civilian Service Award the following year. After retiring from the Naval Research Laboratory in 1969, he was awarded the Navy Distinguished Civilian Award and in 1993 the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Microwave Pioneer Award. He held patents on 15 electronic inventions and authored numerous papers in technical journals.
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April 16, 1997 (aged 89)