0010201-31-17-001 Arnold, A.E. Creator 1937 De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961 Lewis Institute (Chicago, Ill.)--Faculty Lewis, Edwin Herbert, 1866-1938 Photography of Edwin Lewis (left) and Lee de Forest (right). Lewis was a faculty member at the Lewis Institute and held various administrative posts. De Forest, a pioneer of wireless communication, served as a faculty member at Lewis Institute during the turn of the twentieth century. During that time he conducted his first long-distance broadcasts from the roof of Main Building at the Armour Institute of Technology. De Forest also invented of the Audion three-element vacuum tube and patented a method of recording sound on film that the movie industry would later adopt. Photographer uknown. 001.02.01, Lewis Institute records, 1827- 1984, Box 31, Folder 17, University Archives and Special Collections, Paul V. Galvin Library, Illinois Institute of Technology. http://findingaids.archives.iit.edu/repositories/2/resources/12

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