- Wilmer L. Barrow
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footnotes =Wilmer Lanier Barrow (
Baton Rouge, Louisiana , 1903-New Hampshire , 1975) was an Americanelectrical engineer , inventor, teacher, industrial manager, and a counselor to government agencies.He was vice president for research, development and engineering of the
Sperry Rand Corporation .A obtained a BSEE degree in 1926 from
Louisiana State University .He was elected to the grade of Fellow in the IEEE in 1941, in 1943 he received the
IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award In 1966 he received theIEEE Edison Medal "For a career of meritorious achievement-innovating, teaching and developing means for transmission of electromagnetic energy at microwave frequencies." He is also a Fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences , and a member ofSigma Xi .
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