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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).
Cassius Chapin Cutler | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 16, 1914 |
| Died | December 1, 2002 (aged 87) |
| Alma mater | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Awards | IEEE Edison Medal (1981) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
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]
- 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
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