Louis Alan Hazeltine
Louis Alan Hazeltine
BornAugust 7, 1886
Morristown, New Jersey
DiedMay 24, 1964(1964-05-24) (aged 77)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUSA
Alma materStevens Institute of Technology
Known forNeutrodyne circuit
Scientific career
Fieldsphysics
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Louis Alan Hazeltine (August 7, 1886 – May 24, 1964) was an engineer and physicist, the inventor of the Neutrodyne circuit, and the Hazeltine-Fremodyne Superregenerative circuit. He was the founder of the Hazeltine Corporation.

Biography

Louis Alan Hazeltine was born in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1886 and attended the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, majoring in electrical engineering. He graduated in 1906 and accepted a job with General Electric corporation.

Hazeltine returned to Stevens to teach, eventually becoming chair of the electrical engineering department in 1917.

The following year he became a consultant for the United States Navy. The Navy job eventually parlayed into a position as an advisor to the U.S. government on radio broadcasting regulation, and later, a position on the National Defense Research Committee during World War II.[1]

Hazeltine was president of the Institute of Radio Engineers in 1936.

References

  1. ↑ "Alan Hazeltine". IEEE Global History Network. IEEE. Retrieved 21 July 2011.

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