CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE 1257 



Oscar Myers, B. C'heni., Cornell University, 1921. Western Electric 

 Company, 1921 24. Boll Telephoiio Laboratories, 1924-. Mr. Myers' 

 early work was couccm-ikmI with circuit testing. He tluMi worked in a cir- 

 cuit (lesif>;n j^roup, from 1929 until 1918. iSince 1948 he has Ikumi ii nieniher 

 of tile Switching L^ngineering Department, and has contributed to the de- 

 sign or development of practically all of the switching developments of 

 the Laboratories, particularly in the field of common controls. His work 

 has covei'ed panel, crossbar, automatic message accounting, toll, cross- 

 bai tandem, and other systems. Member of^\.. L E. E. 



W. Rae Young, Jr., B.S., in E.E., University of Michigan, 1937; Bell 

 Telephone Laboratories, 1937-. Mr. Young is in the Systems Studies De- 

 partment, where he is giving consideration to new system possibilities for 

 meeting future communication needs. During World War II, he worked 

 in radar development and, later, on systems problems in radio communi- 

 cations. From 1945-50 ]\Ir. Young helped set up Bell System perform- 

 ance reciuirements for mobile radio telephone eciuipment. Member of 

 I. R. E. and Sigma Xi. 



