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A. Earl Cullum, Jr.
A. Earl Cullum, Jr.
Pages 106-111
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After high school, he enrolled in several courses in math ant! physics at Southern Methodist University before leaving the Lone Star State to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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During World War II, Cullum was associate director of the Radio Research Laboratory at Harvard University and a consultant to the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development ant!
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In still another instance, he recognized the deterioration that reradiating structures, such as power-line towers or modern skyscrapers, could produce in a radiating signal, and he devised ingenious methods of detuning such structures to render them harmless. Specifically, Cullum helped to resolve problems caused by the John Hancock Tower and the Sears Tower in Chicago and assisted in obtaining the initial Federal Aviation Administration clearance for these structures.
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and later for SMU's current off-campus en Yucatan program. Cullum was also an original member of the SMU Foundation for Science and Engineering anct served on its executive board.
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