American engineer and research administrator who served as president of Bell Laboratories from 1940 to 1951 — overseeing the laboratory during World War II and the early postwar period — and who supported the fundamental research that led to the transistor invention.
Maintained Bell Labs' commitment to fundamental research during and after World War II — sustaining the scientific environment that allowed Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley to develop the transistor — demonstrating the importance of institutional patience in allowing breakthrough research to proceed.
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