Contributors to this Issue 



R. S. Caruthers, B.S., University of Maryland, 1926; E.E., 1930; 

 M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1928. General Electric Com- 

 pany, 1926-28; U. S. Bureau of Standards, 1928-29. Bell Telephone Labora- 

 tories, 1929-. Prior to the war Mr. Caruthers was engaged chiefly in the 

 development of the C, J and K Carrier Telephone Systems. During the 

 war he was engaged in the design of radar equipment. Since the war his 

 principal activities have been as project engineer for the Nl and O Carrier 

 Telephone development. 



J.J. Gilbert, A.B., University of Pennsylvania, 1909; Harvard, 1910- 

 11; University of Chicago, 1911-12; E.E., Armour Institute, 1915; Instruc- 

 tor of Electrical Engineering, Armour, 1912-17. Captain, Signal Corps, 

 1917-19. Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1919-. Mr. Gilbert's work with the 

 Laboratories has been concerned with submarine cable problems. 



William M. Goodall, B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1928. 

 Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1928-. Mr. Goodall has worked on research 

 problems in connection with the ionosphere, radio transmission and early 

 radio relay studies, radar modulators, microwave radio relay systems, and 

 Pulse Code Modulation. 



J. L. Merrill, Jr., Pennsylvania State College, B.S. in Electrochemistry, 

 1928; Elliot Research Fellow, 1928-30; M.S., 1930. American Telephone 

 and Telegraph Company, Department of Development and Research, 1930- 

 34; Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1934-. With the American Telephone and 

 Telegraph Company Mr. Merrill worked on transmission problems related 

 to the exchange area. After coming to the Laboratories he continued to 

 work on exchange area transmission projects such as the transmission 

 features of the Time and Weather Announcement Systems, Service Ob- 

 serving, Operator Training and like systems. During the war he was en- 

 gaged with a group planning system operation of air raid warning and of 

 tactical wire and radio networks. Since the war his efforts have been directed 

 toward the design and application of repeaters for the exchange area plant. 



Russell C. Miner, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Cali- 

 fornia, 1929. Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1929-. Mr. Miner has been 

 engaged in work chiefly concerned with the development of acoustical 

 instruments. 



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