Background
Horton, Joseph Warren was born on December 18, 1889 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin R. and Susan Elizabeth (Tower) Horton.
Horton, Joseph Warren was born on December 18, 1889 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin R. and Susan Elizabeth (Tower) Horton.
Bachelor of Science in Electrochemistry, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1914, Doctor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1935.
1 son, Peter. Assistant physics and electrochemistry Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1914-1916, research associate, 1933-1937, associate professor biological engineering, 1937-1945, associate professor electrical communication, department electrical engineering, 1945-1949. Technical staff Bell Telephone laboratories, New York City, 1916-1928. Chief engineer General Radio Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1928-1933.
Technical expert Naval Experiment Station, Nahant, Massachusetts, also Naval Headquarters, London, 1917-1918.
Special adviser National Defense Research Committee, also Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1941-1945. Chief research consultant United States Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory, New London, Connecticut, 1949-1959, technical director, from 1959.
Lecturer in electrical engineering University Connecticut, from 1950. Trustee, member corporation Cable Memorial Hospital, Ipswich, Massachusetts, from 1940.
Served as Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, inactive, 1936-1951. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Acoustical Society, American Institute of Elctrical Engineering (board examiners from 1950), Institute Radio Engineers (administrative committee professional group ultrasonics engineering from 1958), American Physical Society. Member North.E. Society Anesthetists (honorary), Newcomen Society, Audio Engineering Society (honorary), Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu.
Club: Thames (New London).
Married Adelina C. Doucet, September 4, 1916.