The Rockford Morning Star, November 19, 1949
FRANK JEWETT, SCIENTIST, DIES
Dr. Frank Baldwin Jewett, 70, Short Hills, N.J., distinguished scientist and a member of Rockford College board of trustees, died Friday morning in a hospital in Summit, N.J.
The new science building on Rockford College campus has been named Jewett laboratories in honor of Dr. Jewett, pioneer of the transcontinental telephone, and his wife, the late Frannie Frisbie Jewett, a graduate of Rockford College 50 years ago.
Mrs. Jewett was a trustee of the college from 1935 until her death last December. Dr. Jewett then succeeded his wife on the board.
During the college’s three-day centennial conference on science in February, 1947, Dr. Jewett served as general chairman of the event.
He was president of the Bell Telephone laboratories from 1925 until he retired in 1940, and also served as a vice president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. He was noted for his work in industrial, academic and government research engineering and had received numerous academic and governmental honors.
Dr. Jewett was president of the national Academy of Sciences in 1944, a trustee of the Carnegie Institution in Washington, a life member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation and a fellow and past president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
A frequent visitor and speaker in Rockford, he spoke at Charter Day ceremonies at the college in 1939 and at that time received the honorary degree of doctor of laws.
Mrs. Jewett, also prominent in the field of science, was honored last February at the college’s Charter Day ceremonies, where Dr. Jewett accepted appointment as a trustee to fill his wife’s unexpired term.
Mrs. Jewett, who received the degree of doctor of philosophy in science from the university of Chicago following her graduation from Rockford college was chairman of Rockford College symposium on “Careers in Science” in February, 1947.
Born in Pasadena, California, Dr. Jewett received his bachelor’s degree at Throop Polytechnic Institute, now the California Institute of Technology. He received his doctorate degree from the University of Chicago in 1902, and went from there to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to serve as instructor in physics and electrical engineering.
He joined the engineering department of A.T.&T. in 1904.
Dr. Jewett received honorary degrees from many educational institutions, including the University of Wisconsin, and recently was awarded the 1949 Hoover Medal, given annually by engineers to a fellow engineer for distinguished public service. The medal was to have been presented to him early next year.
Mrs. Chandler S. Miller, 1911 Clinton Street, is a niece of Mrs. Jewett.
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The Los Angeles Times, November 19, 1949
Dr. Frank Jewett Dies; Early Pasadena Resident
Graduate of California Institute of Technology Was Pioneer in Telephone Field
Dr. Frank Baldwin Jewett, telephone pioneer who was born in Pasadena 70 years ago when that city consisted of a few ranches, died yesterday at his Short Hills (N.J.) home.
He was considered by Dr. Robert A. Millikan, former head of California Institute of Technology, to be the most distinguished graduate of that institution.
Born near what is now the busy corner of Orange Grove Ave. and Colorado Street, Dr. Jewett was graduated from Throop Polytechnic Institute, Caltech forerunner.
As president of Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York, from 1925 until his retirement in 1940, the internationally known electrical engineer directed all major telephone developments of that era. Two such developments included the advent of transcontinental telephone and dial telephone systems.
He had served as vice-president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., in charge of development and research, and, earlier, in a similar capacity for Western Electric Co., pioneer developer and manufacturer of telephone equipment.
A former member of the National Research Council, Dr. Jewett served as a member of the National Defense Research Committee during World War II. He also served as a member of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Science Advisory Board. His work on submarine detection was considered outstanding.
He was a trustee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington which financed Mount Wilson Observatory, and a past president of the American Institute of Engineers. Nine universities honored him with doctorate degrees.
His Ph.D. degree was conferred by the University of Chicago, where Dr. Jewett studied under two Nobel Prize winners, the late Dr. A.A. Michelson and Dr. Millikan.
One of Dr. Jewett’s sons, F.B. Jewett, Jr., was graduated from Caltech in 1938. He was president of his class and fullback of the Caltech football team.
FRANK JEWETT, SCIENTIST, DIES
Dr. Frank Baldwin Jewett, 70, Short Hills, N.J., distinguished scientist and a member of Rockford College board of trustees, died Friday morning in a hospital in Summit, N.J.
The new science building on Rockford College campus has been named Jewett laboratories in honor of Dr. Jewett, pioneer of the transcontinental telephone, and his wife, the late Frannie Frisbie Jewett, a graduate of Rockford College 50 years ago.
Mrs. Jewett was a trustee of the college from 1935 until her death last December. Dr. Jewett then succeeded his wife on the board.
During the college’s three-day centennial conference on science in February, 1947, Dr. Jewett served as general chairman of the event.
He was president of the Bell Telephone laboratories from 1925 until he retired in 1940, and also served as a vice president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. He was noted for his work in industrial, academic and government research engineering and had received numerous academic and governmental honors.
Dr. Jewett was president of the national Academy of Sciences in 1944, a trustee of the Carnegie Institution in Washington, a life member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation and a fellow and past president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
A frequent visitor and speaker in Rockford, he spoke at Charter Day ceremonies at the college in 1939 and at that time received the honorary degree of doctor of laws.
Mrs. Jewett, also prominent in the field of science, was honored last February at the college’s Charter Day ceremonies, where Dr. Jewett accepted appointment as a trustee to fill his wife’s unexpired term.
Mrs. Jewett, who received the degree of doctor of philosophy in science from the university of Chicago following her graduation from Rockford college was chairman of Rockford College symposium on “Careers in Science” in February, 1947.
Born in Pasadena, California, Dr. Jewett received his bachelor’s degree at Throop Polytechnic Institute, now the California Institute of Technology. He received his doctorate degree from the University of Chicago in 1902, and went from there to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to serve as instructor in physics and electrical engineering.
He joined the engineering department of A.T.&T. in 1904.
Dr. Jewett received honorary degrees from many educational institutions, including the University of Wisconsin, and recently was awarded the 1949 Hoover Medal, given annually by engineers to a fellow engineer for distinguished public service. The medal was to have been presented to him early next year.
Mrs. Chandler S. Miller, 1911 Clinton Street, is a niece of Mrs. Jewett.
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The Los Angeles Times, November 19, 1949
Dr. Frank Jewett Dies; Early Pasadena Resident
Graduate of California Institute of Technology Was Pioneer in Telephone Field
Dr. Frank Baldwin Jewett, telephone pioneer who was born in Pasadena 70 years ago when that city consisted of a few ranches, died yesterday at his Short Hills (N.J.) home.
He was considered by Dr. Robert A. Millikan, former head of California Institute of Technology, to be the most distinguished graduate of that institution.
Born near what is now the busy corner of Orange Grove Ave. and Colorado Street, Dr. Jewett was graduated from Throop Polytechnic Institute, Caltech forerunner.
As president of Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York, from 1925 until his retirement in 1940, the internationally known electrical engineer directed all major telephone developments of that era. Two such developments included the advent of transcontinental telephone and dial telephone systems.
He had served as vice-president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., in charge of development and research, and, earlier, in a similar capacity for Western Electric Co., pioneer developer and manufacturer of telephone equipment.
A former member of the National Research Council, Dr. Jewett served as a member of the National Defense Research Committee during World War II. He also served as a member of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Science Advisory Board. His work on submarine detection was considered outstanding.
He was a trustee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington which financed Mount Wilson Observatory, and a past president of the American Institute of Engineers. Nine universities honored him with doctorate degrees.
His Ph.D. degree was conferred by the University of Chicago, where Dr. Jewett studied under two Nobel Prize winners, the late Dr. A.A. Michelson and Dr. Millikan.
One of Dr. Jewett’s sons, F.B. Jewett, Jr., was graduated from Caltech in 1938. He was president of his class and fullback of the Caltech football team.
The Rockford Morning Star, November 19, 1949
FRANK JEWETT, SCIENTIST, DIES
Dr. Frank Baldwin Jewett, 70, Short Hills, N.J., distinguished scientist and a member of Rockford College board of trustees, died Friday morning in a hospital in Summit, N.J.
The new science building on Rockford College campus has been named Jewett laboratories in honor of Dr. Jewett, pioneer of the transcontinental telephone, and his wife, the late Frannie Frisbie Jewett, a graduate of Rockford College 50 years ago.
Mrs. Jewett was a trustee of the college from 1935 until her death last December. Dr. Jewett then succeeded his wife on the board.
During the college’s three-day centennial conference on science in February, 1947, Dr. Jewett served as general chairman of the event.
He was president of the Bell Telephone laboratories from 1925 until he retired in 1940, and also served as a vice president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. He was noted for his work in industrial, academic and government research engineering and had received numerous academic and governmental honors.
Dr. Jewett was president of the national Academy of Sciences in 1944, a trustee of the Carnegie Institution in Washington, a life member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation and a fellow and past president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
A frequent visitor and speaker in Rockford, he spoke at Charter Day ceremonies at the college in 1939 and at that time received the honorary degree of doctor of laws.
Mrs. Jewett, also prominent in the field of science, was honored last February at the college’s Charter Day ceremonies, where Dr. Jewett accepted appointment as a trustee to fill his wife’s unexpired term.
Mrs. Jewett, who received the degree of doctor of philosophy in science from the university of Chicago following her graduation from Rockford college was chairman of Rockford College symposium on “Careers in Science” in February, 1947.
Born in Pasadena, California, Dr. Jewett received his bachelor’s degree at Throop Polytechnic Institute, now the California Institute of Technology. He received his doctorate degree from the University of Chicago in 1902, and went from there to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to serve as instructor in physics and electrical engineering.
He joined the engineering department of A.T.&T. in 1904.
Dr. Jewett received honorary degrees from many educational institutions, including the University of Wisconsin, and recently was awarded the 1949 Hoover Medal, given annually by engineers to a fellow engineer for distinguished public service. The medal was to have been presented to him early next year.
Mrs. Chandler S. Miller, 1911 Clinton Street, is a niece of Mrs. Jewett.
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The Los Angeles Times, November 19, 1949
Dr. Frank Jewett Dies; Early Pasadena Resident
Graduate of California Institute of Technology Was Pioneer in Telephone Field
Dr. Frank Baldwin Jewett, telephone pioneer who was born in Pasadena 70 years ago when that city consisted of a few ranches, died yesterday at his Short Hills (N.J.) home.
He was considered by Dr. Robert A. Millikan, former head of California Institute of Technology, to be the most distinguished graduate of that institution.
Born near what is now the busy corner of Orange Grove Ave. and Colorado Street, Dr. Jewett was graduated from Throop Polytechnic Institute, Caltech forerunner.
As president of Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York, from 1925 until his retirement in 1940, the internationally known electrical engineer directed all major telephone developments of that era. Two such developments included the advent of transcontinental telephone and dial telephone systems.
He had served as vice-president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., in charge of development and research, and, earlier, in a similar capacity for Western Electric Co., pioneer developer and manufacturer of telephone equipment.
A former member of the National Research Council, Dr. Jewett served as a member of the National Defense Research Committee during World War II. He also served as a member of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Science Advisory Board. His work on submarine detection was considered outstanding.
He was a trustee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington which financed Mount Wilson Observatory, and a past president of the American Institute of Engineers. Nine universities honored him with doctorate degrees.
His Ph.D. degree was conferred by the University of Chicago, where Dr. Jewett studied under two Nobel Prize winners, the late Dr. A.A. Michelson and Dr. Millikan.
One of Dr. Jewett’s sons, F.B. Jewett, Jr., was graduated from Caltech in 1938. He was president of his class and fullback of the Caltech football team.
FRANK JEWETT, SCIENTIST, DIES
Dr. Frank Baldwin Jewett, 70, Short Hills, N.J., distinguished scientist and a member of Rockford College board of trustees, died Friday morning in a hospital in Summit, N.J.
The new science building on Rockford College campus has been named Jewett laboratories in honor of Dr. Jewett, pioneer of the transcontinental telephone, and his wife, the late Frannie Frisbie Jewett, a graduate of Rockford College 50 years ago.
Mrs. Jewett was a trustee of the college from 1935 until her death last December. Dr. Jewett then succeeded his wife on the board.
During the college’s three-day centennial conference on science in February, 1947, Dr. Jewett served as general chairman of the event.
He was president of the Bell Telephone laboratories from 1925 until he retired in 1940, and also served as a vice president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. He was noted for his work in industrial, academic and government research engineering and had received numerous academic and governmental honors.
Dr. Jewett was president of the national Academy of Sciences in 1944, a trustee of the Carnegie Institution in Washington, a life member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation and a fellow and past president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
A frequent visitor and speaker in Rockford, he spoke at Charter Day ceremonies at the college in 1939 and at that time received the honorary degree of doctor of laws.
Mrs. Jewett, also prominent in the field of science, was honored last February at the college’s Charter Day ceremonies, where Dr. Jewett accepted appointment as a trustee to fill his wife’s unexpired term.
Mrs. Jewett, who received the degree of doctor of philosophy in science from the university of Chicago following her graduation from Rockford college was chairman of Rockford College symposium on “Careers in Science” in February, 1947.
Born in Pasadena, California, Dr. Jewett received his bachelor’s degree at Throop Polytechnic Institute, now the California Institute of Technology. He received his doctorate degree from the University of Chicago in 1902, and went from there to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to serve as instructor in physics and electrical engineering.
He joined the engineering department of A.T.&T. in 1904.
Dr. Jewett received honorary degrees from many educational institutions, including the University of Wisconsin, and recently was awarded the 1949 Hoover Medal, given annually by engineers to a fellow engineer for distinguished public service. The medal was to have been presented to him early next year.
Mrs. Chandler S. Miller, 1911 Clinton Street, is a niece of Mrs. Jewett.
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The Los Angeles Times, November 19, 1949
Dr. Frank Jewett Dies; Early Pasadena Resident
Graduate of California Institute of Technology Was Pioneer in Telephone Field
Dr. Frank Baldwin Jewett, telephone pioneer who was born in Pasadena 70 years ago when that city consisted of a few ranches, died yesterday at his Short Hills (N.J.) home.
He was considered by Dr. Robert A. Millikan, former head of California Institute of Technology, to be the most distinguished graduate of that institution.
Born near what is now the busy corner of Orange Grove Ave. and Colorado Street, Dr. Jewett was graduated from Throop Polytechnic Institute, Caltech forerunner.
As president of Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York, from 1925 until his retirement in 1940, the internationally known electrical engineer directed all major telephone developments of that era. Two such developments included the advent of transcontinental telephone and dial telephone systems.
He had served as vice-president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., in charge of development and research, and, earlier, in a similar capacity for Western Electric Co., pioneer developer and manufacturer of telephone equipment.
A former member of the National Research Council, Dr. Jewett served as a member of the National Defense Research Committee during World War II. He also served as a member of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Science Advisory Board. His work on submarine detection was considered outstanding.
He was a trustee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington which financed Mount Wilson Observatory, and a past president of the American Institute of Engineers. Nine universities honored him with doctorate degrees.
His Ph.D. degree was conferred by the University of Chicago, where Dr. Jewett studied under two Nobel Prize winners, the late Dr. A.A. Michelson and Dr. Millikan.
One of Dr. Jewett’s sons, F.B. Jewett, Jr., was graduated from Caltech in 1938. He was president of his class and fullback of the Caltech football team.
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