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Joseph Slepian

American electrical engineer and mathematician
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Feb. 11, 1891, Boston, Mass., U.S.
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Dec. 1, 1969, Swissvale, Pa. (aged 78)

Joseph Slepian (born Feb. 11, 1891, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died Dec. 1, 1969, Swissvale, Pa.) was an American electrical engineer and mathematician credited with important developments in electrical apparatus and theory. Slepian studied at Harvard University, earning the Ph.D. in 1913. After a postdoctoral year in Europe he taught mathematics at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., for a year before joining the research staff of the Westinghouse Electric Company (from 1945, Corporation). There he worked for the next 40 years, becoming associate director of research in 1938. Slepian’s work led to improvements in such electronic devices as lighting arresters, circuit breakers, high-voltage ...(100 of 173 words)

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