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Bernard M. Oliver
Bernard M. Oliver
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Barney then joined the renowned Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey, where he quickly established a reputation for brilliant, creative insights and clever inventions. He made major contributions to the development of the new and all-important "radar," and was a key contributor to the earliest television systems.
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After many discussions en cl increasingly attractive offers, they persuacled Barney to join their fleclgling operation. In 1952 Barney returned to his belovecl California to become director of research for the Hewlett-Packarc!
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This project reached a milestone in the fall of 1992 when its extremely sophisticated radio receiving equipment started searching the extraterrestrial radio signals at both the Goldstone tracking station of NASA and the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, the U.S.
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In 1990 he received both NASA's Medal for Exceptional Engineering Achievement and the Pioneer Award of the International Foundation for Telemetering in recognition of a lifetime of service to the telecommunications profession. Other significant honors include the Caltech Distinguishecl Alumnus Award for 1972; IEEE's Lamme Medal for meritorious achievement in the development of electronic instrumentation and measuring devices, 1977; the Halley Lectureship on Astronomy and Terrestrial Magnetism of Oxford University, 1984; and the Harvey Mudd College Wright Prize for Multidisciplinary Scientific or Engineering Accomplishments, 1984.
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He made major contributions to the Exploratorium, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, en cl the San Francisco State Universit,v/Marine World Dolphin Communications Project. Among his largest gifts was one to the Allegheny Observatory at the University of Pittsburgh to allow the upgrading of the lens of its largest telescope, which was being used to search for extrasolar planetary systems.
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172 MEMORIAL TRIBUTES humanity, just before he cried Barney finished the manuscript of a book detailing the fine points of English grammar and why they in fact ensure clarity in communication. Barney Oliver's cornucopia of intellectual en cl practical gifts to the world, as well as his personal example, will continue to enrich us far into the future.
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