Background
Sr., William Walden Mumford was born on June 17, 1905 in Vancouver, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Edgar Manley and Carrie Lucretia (Royal) M.
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William Walden Mumford Sr.
Edit ProfileEducation
AB, Wilamette U., 1930.
Career
Member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1930-1953;
Member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Whippany New Jersey, 1953-1970;
consultant microwave radiation safety, microwave techniques, 1970-1985. Adjunct associate professor environmental medicine New York University Medical Center, 1971-1985. Mackay visiting professor electrical engineering University of California Berkeley, 1955.
Ford Foundation visiting professor electrical engineering University of Wisconsin, 1962. Member electromagnetic radiation management advisory council National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 1969-1985.
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Membership
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Life member Society Microwave Theory and Techniques (administrative committee 1952-1985, Morris E. Leeds award 1966, Microwave Career award 1974). Member International Science Radio Union, International Microwave Power Institute, American National Standards Institute, American Radio Relay League, Telephone Pioneers (life), Quarter Century Wireless Association (life), Society Wireless Pioneers (professional life), New York Academy Science, Brass Pounders League.
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Married Elizabeth Neal Douglass, February 20, 1931. Children: William Walden, Joan (Mistress Lloyd S. Sturtz).
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American