Oliver E. Buckley

Oliver E. Buckley
Oliver E. Buckley
Chairman of the President's Science Advisory Committee
	In office; April 20, 1951 – June 15, 1952
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Lee Alvin DuBridge
Personal details
Born	August 8, 1887; Sloan, Iowa, U.S.
Died	December 14, 1959 (aged 72); Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Education	Grinnell College (BS); Cornell University (MS, PhD)
Awards	IEEE Edison Medal (1954)

Oliver Ellsworth Buckley (August 8, 1887 – December 14, 1959) was an American electrical engineer known for his contributions to the field of submarine telephony.

Biography

Buckley was an undergraduate at Grinnell College until 1909.^[1] He joined the Bell System after completing his PhD in physics at Cornell University in 1914. In 1915, Buckley, along with AT&T coworkers H. D. Arnold and Gustav Elmen, developed a method of substantially improving the transmission performance of submarine communications cable so that transmission speed of over 2000 letters per minute were achieved.^[2] They constructed the cable by wrapping the copper conductors with annealed permalloy tape, a material that Elmen had discovered, thus inductively loading the cable.

Buckley was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1937,^[3] the American Philosophical Society in 1942,^[4] and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1949.^[5]

Buckley was the president of Bell Labs from 1940 to 1951, and chairman of the board from 1951 until his retirement in 1952.^[6]

Buckley was a member of the General Advisory Committee of the United States Atomic Energy Commission from 1948 to 1954.^[7] In that role, Buckley opposed the 1950 decision to proceed with the development of the hydrogen bomb, but by 1952 had changed his view and supported the program.^[8]

Buckley received the IEEE Edison Medal for "contributions to the science and art which have made possible a transatlantic telephone cable; for wise leadership of a great industrial laboratory; for outstanding services to the government of his country". The Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize is named in his honor.

References

^ "Notable Alumni | Grinnell College". www.grinnell.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
^ A. A. Hurdeman, The Worldwide History of Telecommunications, Wiley Interscience (2003), p.314
^ "Oliver Buckley". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
^ "Oliver Ellsworth Buckley". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
^ Buckley biography by Bell Labs
^ "Oliver Buckley: Biography". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 11 February 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
^ Bernstein, Barton J. (Fall 1987). "Crossing the Rubicon: A Missed Opportunity to Stop the H-Bomb?". International Security. 14 (2): 147–148.

External links

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New office	Chairman of the President's Science Advisory Committee 1951–1952	Succeeded by Lee Alvin DuBridge

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[1] "Notable Alumni | Grinnell College". www.grinnell.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-28.

[2] A. A. Hurdeman, The Worldwide History of Telecommunications, Wiley Interscience (2003), p.314

[3] "Oliver Buckley". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2023-04-21.

[4] "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-04-21.

[5] "Oliver Ellsworth Buckley". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-21.

[6] Buckley biography by Bell Labs

[7] "Oliver Buckley: Biography". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 11 February 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

[8] Bernstein, Barton J. (Fall 1987). "Crossing the Rubicon: A Missed Opportunity to Stop the H-Bomb?". International Security. 14 (2): 147–148.

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Oliver E. Buckley


Chairman of the President's Science Advisory Committee
In office April 20, 1951 – June 15, 1952
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Lee Alvin DuBridge

Personal details
Born	(1887-08-08)August 8, 1887 Sloan, Iowa, U.S.
Died	December 14, 1959(1959-12-14) (aged 72) Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Education	Grinnell College (BS) Cornell University (MS, PhD)
Awards	IEEE Edison Medal (1954)