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FREDERICK T. ANDREWS
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... He was elected an IEEE fellow in 1973 for "contributions to digital transmission and to systems, and to transmission objectives and standards" and eventually became an IEEE life fellow. He was a noted communications industry innovator and executive, retiring as vice president for Technology Systems of Bellcore, the telephone companies' R&D organization that came out of the breakup of AT&T.
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From page 14...
... systems for transmission of multiple voice channels either between local telephone offices or over large inter-city distances. The ambitious plan was to use existing twisted pairs, interconnecting telephone offices, that had previously been used for one voice channel alone, for a multi-channel TDM (time division multiplexed)
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... "for his contributions and leadership in the establishment of international transmission objectives and standards." He also won Telephony's Ray Blain Award for Outside Plant Achievement in 1991 and the IEEE Haraden Pratt Award in 1988 "for sustained contributions and commitment to the Institute, particularly for leadership in strategic planning and electronic product development." His rise in the managerial ranks at Bell Labs began with his T1 accomplishments. In 1956 he was promoted to lead a group   Andrews FT.
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... Those of us who were active with him in ComSoc remember him conducting board of governors meetings with a calm assurance that gave everyone a chance to participate but kept the meeting moving along. At the IEEE level, he was, at different times, a member of the IEEE Awards Board and of the IEEE Fellow Committee, chair of the Alexander Graham Bell Medal Committee, chair of the TAB Electronic Products Committee, chair of the IEEE Strategic Planning Committee, and 1992–1993 Division III director on the IEEE Board.
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From page 17...
... Fred, always a very professional photographer with a good sense for interesting scenes, took a photo of an old, natural wood ramshackle frame house on a trailer, going by on the highway pulled by a 1950s pickup truck. Fred took several pictures of it as it rolled by, and seeing that we were wondering why, said it must be the home of someone from further out in this rural area who had heard that Brandon was getting upgraded from eight-party to two-party and single-party service, and would be solid evidence of the contribution AT&T and South Central Bell was making to the future of Mississippi!
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... He had acting and other roles in amateur theater productions by the Stony Hill Players in Union County and Wagon Wheel Players in Monmouth County and supported the Paper Mill Playhouse in Milburn, New Jersey. He and his wife, Nancy, sang in church choirs and performed in musical events of their retirement community.
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