Fletcher, Harvey. Autobiographical notes, 1956

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Abstract/Description:	Autobiographical notes taken from a questionnaire prepared for the American Institute of Physics Project on the History of Recent Physics in the United States and briefly covering Fletcher's childhood and education in Provo, Utah; his graduate work with Robert Millikan; and his work in acoustics at Bell Laboratories. File also includes: list of his research publications; a two-page biographical sketch; and a curriculum vitae with a list of honors.
Subject(s):	Fletcher, Harvey, 1884-1981- Fletcher, Harvey, 1884 -- Awards Fletcher, Harvey, 1884 -- Childhood and youth -- United States -- Utah -- Provo Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953 Bell Telephone Laboratories Physics -- Study and teaching Physicists

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Autobiographical notes taken from a questionnaire prepared for the American Institute of Physics Project on the History of Recent Physics in the United States and briefly covering Fletcher's childhood and education in Provo, Utah; his graduate work with Robert Millikan; and his work in acoustics at Bell Laboratories. File also includes: list of his research publications; a two-page biographical sketch; and a curriculum vitae with a list of honors.

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Fletcher, Harvey, 1884-1981-
Fletcher, Harvey, 1884 -- Awards
Fletcher, Harvey, 1884 -- Childhood and youth -- United States -- Utah -- Provo
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Physics -- Study and teaching
Physicists

Title:	Fletcher, Harvey. Autobiographical notes, 1956.
Name(s):	Fletcher, Harvey, 1884-1981-
Type of Resource:	mixed material
Genre:	Autobiographies. Biography files. Lists.
Issuance:	monographic
Date Created:	1956
Extent:	21 pages
Abstract/Description:	Autobiographical notes taken from a questionnaire prepared for the American Institute of Physics Project on the History of Recent Physics in the United States and briefly covering Fletcher's childhood and education in Provo, Utah; his graduate work with Robert Millikan; and his work in acoustics at Bell Laboratories. File also includes: list of his research publications; a two-page biographical sketch; and a curriculum vitae with a list of honors.
Note(s):	Forms part of the American Institute of Physics' Niels Bohr Library & Archives Manuscript Biographies Collection. Acoustician and authority on acoustical science. Co-founder of Bolt, Beranek and Newman Inc. of Cambridge, MA; president 1953-1969, director 1953-1983. Taught at Harvard, 1940-1946; Associate Professor of Communication Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-1959, and lecturer, 1959-1981. Fellow in American Physical Society, Acoustical Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Audio Engineering Society. In English.
Subject(s):	Fletcher, Harvey, 1884-1981- Fletcher, Harvey, 1884 -- Awards Fletcher, Harvey, 1884 -- Childhood and youth -- United States -- Utah -- Provo Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953 Bell Telephone Laboratories Physics -- Study and teaching Physicists
Library Classification:	MB 2013-1159; 164
Held by:	American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Restrictions on Access:	Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials.
In Collections:	Manuscript Biographies (MB)