Russell Ohl papers, 1924-1960.

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Russell Ohl papers, 1924-1960.

The Russell Ohl papers consist mainly of technical memoranda, letters and notes, and published papers dealing with Ohl's work, especially with silicon. Also included in the collection are Ohl's research papers including notes, drawings, charts, graphs, and experiment data from the years 1924-1962.

2 cubic feet.

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Ohl, Russell, 1898-1987

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Russell Ohl was born in 1898 near Allentown, Pennsylvania. He enrolled at Penn State at age sixteen in 1914, and graduated with a degree in electrochemical engineering in 1919. After graduation, Ohl joined the U.S. Army Signal Corps becoming familiar with radio technology. Ohl then left the field of electrochemistry and began teaching and studying physics at the University of Colorado. He left Colorado after two years to take a job working with radios at AT&T. Ohl began working at Bell Labor...