Background
Deakin, Gerald was born on February 14, 1883 in Birmingham, England. Son of James Edward and Lily Mary (Tarbolton) Deakin.
Deakin, Gerald was born on February 14, 1883 in Birmingham, England. Son of James Edward and Lily Mary (Tarbolton) Deakin.
Student Academy Armour Institute Technology, 1898-1902.
1 son, Gerald Edward. Assistant chief engineer Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company, San Francisco, 1904-1910. Assistant chief engineer Bay Cities Home Telephone Сompany, 1910-1911, chief engineer, 1911-1912.
Assistant European chief engineer Western Electric Company, Antwerp, Belgium, 1912-1925.
Also chief engineer Bell Telephone Manufacturing Company, 1919-1925. Assistant technical director International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation, 1925-1932, later vice-president and general technical director, now vice president, chief engineer
Vice president Le Materiel Telephonique, Paris, France, 1925-1928. Vice-president and director International Standard Electrical
Corporation director Federal Telephone & Radio Corporation, 1941-1970.
Home: Sands Point New New York
Married Marguerette Burton, February 26, 1907.