Beranek, Leo L. 1914-2016
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Name (Latin)
Beranek, Leo L. 1914-2016
Other forms of name
Beranek, L. L. (Leo Leroy), 1914-2016
Beranek, Leo Leroy, 1914-2016
Beranek, Leo L. (Leo Leroy), 1914-
Beranek, Leo Leroy, 1914-
Beranek, L. L. (Leo Leroy), 1914-
Date of birth
1914-09-15
Date of death
2016-10-10
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Acoustical engineering
Sound
Occupation
Businesspeople
College teachers
Electrical engineers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- New York times WWW site, viewed Oct. 18, 2016(in obituary published Oct. 17: Leo L. Beranek; b. Leo Leroy Beranek, Sept 14, 1914, Solon, Iowa; d. Oct. 10, Westwood, Mass., aged 102; engineer whose company designed the acoustics for the United Nations and concert halls at Lincoln Center and Tanglewood, then built the direct precursor to the internet under contract to the Defense Department)
- Wikipedia, April 11, 2016(Leo Beranek; born Leo Leroy Beranek, September 15, 2014, Solon, Iowa; American acoustics expert, former MIT professor, and a founder and former president of Bolt, Beranek and Newman (now BBN Technologies); also an expert in the design and evaluation of concert halls and opera houses; electrical engineer; professor of communications engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-1958; he helped found Bolt, Beranek, and Newman (BBN), serving as the company's president, 1952-1971)
- His Principles of sound control in airplanes, 1944.
- His Acoustics, c1986:t.p. (Leo L. Beranek)
- Noise and vibration ... 1992:CIP t.p. (L.L. Beranek) data sheet (b. 9/15/14) pub. info (BBN Labs., Lexington, MA)