Background
Porter, Philip Thomas was born on March 18, 1930 in Clinton, Kentucky, United States. Son of Philip Henry and Ruth Frances (Pennebaker) Porter.
Porter, Philip Thomas was born on March 18, 1930 in Clinton, Kentucky, United States. Son of Philip Henry and Ruth Frances (Pennebaker) Porter.
Bachelor in Physics, Vanderbilt University, 1952. Master of Arts in Physics, Vanderbilt University, 1953.
Member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1953-1962; member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1962-1970; supervisor, Bell Telephone laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1971-1978; supervisor, Bell Telephone laboratories, West Long Branch, New Jersey, 1979-1983; director wireless and wireline network compatiblity studies, Bell Communications Research, Red Bank, New Jersey, 1984-1994; retired, 1994. United States delegate Consultative Committee for International Radio, Geneva, 1984-1993.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Married Louise Monroe Jett, July 3, 1957. Children: Philip C., Sara Shelby Porter Taylor.