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Sallie Pero Mead
Mathematician and wireless innovator
AT&T / Bell System · Bell Labs | Associates: George Ashley Campbell, John Renshaw Carson, Sergei Alexander Schelkunoff, George Clark Southworth, Otto Julius Zobel
1913
Sallie P. Mead (born Sallie Eugena Pero, October 1, 1893 – April 1981) was an American mathematician and engineer known for her contributions to radar technology and the development of waveguides at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company's development and research arm (AT&T D&R).
Sallie P. Mead was born on October 1, 1893, in Manhattan, New York, to Robert R. Pero and Lillian M. Foggin. She began studying at Barnard College in 1909 and graduated in 1913, earning the highest honors in mathematics and winning the Barnard's Kohn Mathematical Prize. She continued her studies at Columbia… More on Wikipedia →
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Waveguide (radio frequency)
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