Contributors to This Issue 



J. F. Bampton, B.Sc. in Engineering 1941; British Post Office 

 Engineering Department 1936. ]\Ir. Bampton progressed by competitive 

 examinations to a professional grade in 1942, and in 1944 he was loaned 

 for two years to the government of India to assist with the rapid expan- 

 sion of carrier telephone and telegraph systems. Since then he has been 

 associated with most of the submerged repeater transmission systems 

 around the British Isles, taking charge of a group in the Transmission 

 and Main Lines Branch of the Engineering Department in 1950. From 

 1953 to 1956 he was concerned entirely with the transatlantic sub- 

 marine telephone cable system. Associate Member of The Institution 

 of Electrical Engineers. 



M. C. BiSKEBORN, B.S. in E.E., S. Dak. School of Mines, 1930; Bell 

 Telephone Laboratories, 1930-42. Western Electric Company, 1942-44; 

 Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1944-. His early work at the Laboratories 

 was concerned with the development of multi-pair carrier and coaxial 

 cables. During World War II, he assisted in the development of one of 

 the first automatic radars, of microwave resonant cavities and of micro- 

 wave coaxial for the Bureau of Ships. Later, Mr. Biskeborn worked on 

 the development of apparatus for high-frequency electrical measure- 

 ments on cable. He holds several patents and has written several tech- 

 nical papers including an A.I.E.E. prize paper. At present, he heads a 

 subdepartment on Cable Development. As a part of these responsibili- 

 ties he was concerned with the design of the transatlantic telephone 

 cable and was responsible for the specifications for it. He is an Associate 

 Member of the A.I.E.E. 



F. J. Braga, B.E.E., Univ. of Minnesota, 1930; Illinois Bell Telephone 

 Company, 1930-33; Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1934-. IVIr. Braga 

 has engaged in development of transmission networks for carrier systems. 

 During AVorld War II he worked on gun computers and networks and 

 circuits for radar applications. He is currently engaged in the develop- 

 ment of networks for undersea systems. He is a member of I.R.E. 



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