Fred Waldhauer

Frederick (Fred) Donald Waldhauer (1927–1993) was an American electrical engineer known for his work in hearing aids and combining art and technology.

Waldhauer was born on December 6, 1927, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University and his Masters in electrical engineering from Columbia University.

Much of Waldhauer's career was focused on telephony and digital transmission, including work on T1 carrier systems. From 1948 to 1956, he was at RCA. From 1956 to 1987, he was a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel. He published numerous technical and scientific papers on feedback and high speed digital transmission, as well as writing a book on feedback theory, and early transistor design. He holds more than 14 patents.

Waldhauer became a Fellow of the IEEE in 1977, and was a longtime member of the Audio Engineering Society. In addition to his professional memberships, Mr Waldhauer was a professional engineer in the state of New Jersey and a patent attorney.

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