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communications executive

Gerald Deakin, British communications executive.

Background

Deakin, Gerald was born on February 14, 1883 in Birmingham, England. Son of James Edward and Lily Mary (Tarbolton) Deakin.

Education

Student Academy Armour Institute Technology, 1898-1902.

Career

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

Achievements

  • Gerald Deakin has been listed as a noteworthy communications executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Marguerette Burton, February 26, 1907.

Father:
James Edward Deakin

Mother:
Lily Mary (Tarbolton) Deakin

Spouse:
Marguerette Burton