Wm. Ross Aiken Interview (30 October 1996)
(Page numbers refer to pages in the printed
transcript held at the IEEE History Center.
On-line, they should be used as relative measures)
| 1 |
Introduction
Interest in
engineering; U.C. Berkeley |
| 2 |
First job, had
not finished college yet
Drafted
after the war
Measuring temperature |
| 3 |
Hydrogen Bomb |
| 4-5 |
Invention of
the CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) |
| 6 |
Dr. W.R.G.
Baker
Warner Brothers |
| 7 |
Contract with
The Kaiser Group |
| 8-9 |
Naval interest
in the CRT |
| 10 |
Building a
small computer, Shockley Transistors |
| 11 |
First CRT for
a helicopter |
| 12 |
Types of
screens |
| 13 |
Aiken Thin
Cathode Ray Tube |
| 14 |
Dr. Gabor,
hologram
Patents |
| 15 |
Electrostatic
signs |
| 16-17 |
Activities
after retirement; writing books |
| 18 |
On being a
Christian |
| 19 |
Mayor &
City Councilman in Los Altos Hills,
California |
| 20 |
College
degrees |
