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Walter Ransom Gail Baker

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American electrical engineer (1892-1960)

United StatesScientistsLived 1892 to 1960 · aged 67
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Walter Ransom Gail Baker was an American electrical engineer. He was a vice president of General Electric, and was Director of Engineering for the Radio Manufacturers Association.

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1958IEEE Founders Medal
1952IEEE Medal of Honor

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Walter Ransom Gail Baker was an American electrical engineer. He was a vice president of General Electric, and was Director of Engineering for the Radio Manufacturers Association. At the urging of James Lawrence Fly, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Baker founded the National Television System Committee, or NTSC, in 1940. He served as president of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) in 1947.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1892 to 1960 · aged 67
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