C. Chapin Cutler

Cassius Chapin Cutler
Born(1914-12-16)December 16, 1914
Springfield, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 1, 2002(2002-12-01) (aged 87)
North Reading, Massachusetts
Alma materWorcester Polytechnic Institute
AwardsIEEE Edison Medal (1981)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering

Cassius Chapin Cutler (December 16, 1914 – December 1, 2002) was an American electrical engineer at Bell Labs. His notable achievements include the invention of the corrugated waveguide and differential pulse-code modulation (DPCM).

Biography

He was born on December 16, 1914, in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Paul A. Cutler and Myra Chapin. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1937. On September 27, 1941, he married Virginia Tyler in Waterford, Maine.[1]

In 1979 Cutler left Bell Labs to become a professor of applied physics at Stanford University.

He died on December 1, 2002, North Reading, Massachusetts.[1][2]

Honors and awards

  • IEEE Edison Medal, 1981
  • IEEE Centennial Medal, 1984
  • IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, 1991 (with John O. Limb and Arun N. Netravali)
  • member, National Academy of Engineering
  • member, National Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow, IEEE

References

  1. ^ a b Tien, Ping King. "C. Chapin Cutler 1914–2002" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Massachusetts Death Index


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