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... Mr. Bauer's distinguished forty-two-year career in acoustic instrumentation and measurement, sound recording and reproduction, and underwater sound resulted in a long list of engineering accomplishments and led to his being granted more than 100 patents.
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... His outstandingwork at CBS was acknowledged in 1978 by presentation of the Distinguished Service to CBS Award. In addition to his work in recording and reproduction of sound, Ben Bauer made significant contributions to the field of underwater sound, including the development of an underwater directional communications system for divers, directional gradient hydrophores used in Navy sonobuoys, and a calibrator for hydrophores.
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... BENJAMIN BAUMZWEIGER BAUER 9 1229 and dedicated to peace. In 1974 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and he served on the Naval Studies Board.


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