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|a3=1917 to 1945
|a3=1917 to 1945
|a1=Teaching of Military Personnel in Electronics and Communications  at Harvard'
|a1=Teaching of Military Personnel in Electronics and Communications  at Harvard's Laboratories
|plaque citation=ROUGH DRAFT
|plaque citation=REDO
Cruft Laboratory was designed in 1915 to support research on radio antennas and storage batteries. During WW1, a nation wide radio training school for military personnel was established there. Special courses and text books in communications engineering were created for naval officers. During WW2, Cruft was dedicated to radar training for the military. Cruft and  adjacent laboratories were much more than a place of learning by facilitating the work of GW Pierce, El Chaffee and other researchers, who contributed greatly to radio communications.
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|a4=Cruft is the location of the first US government research grant given to an institution of higher learning. Harvard also gave radio or wireless, a big boost in prestige by elevating the technology from that of the hobbyist to that  of an ivy league school of research and science.
|a4=TO BE REVISED
 
Cruft is the location of the first US government research grant given to an institution of higher learning. Harvard also gave radio or wireless, a big boost in prestige by elevating the technology from that of the hobbyist to that  of an ivy league school of research and science.


Cruft took radio/communications seriously by formally teaching communications, transforming radio away from the self taught radio "ham" and writing books about it. There were many books on the subject , but, I believe,  no schools ever published their curriculum.
Cruft took radio/communications seriously by formally teaching communications, transforming radio away from the self taught radio "ham" and writing books about it. There were many books on the subject , but, I believe,  no schools ever published their curriculum.
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|a5=Cruft is believed to have been the first radio lab attached to a college or university (to be verefied)  - just look at the postcard showing Cruft with hugh radio antennas sticking up.
|references=1. Various books available from 1915 onward with titles:
|references=1. Various books available from 1915 onward with titles:
Contributions from Jefferson Physical Laboratory and from the Cruft High-Tension Electrical Laboratory at Harvard University for the Year 1915.
Contributions from Jefferson Physical Laboratory and from the Cruft High-Tension Electrical Laboratory at Harvard University for the Year 1915.

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Docket #:2013-07

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Year or range of years in which the achievement occurred:

1917 to 1945

Title of the proposed milestone:

Teaching of Military Personnel in Electronics and Communications at Harvard's Laboratories

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REDO

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Boston

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Senior Officer Name: Robert Alongi, Business Manager

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Pierce/Cruft bridge Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, located at 19A Oxford Street, Cambridge MA 02138

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Space is opened to students and the general public.

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Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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TO BE REVISED

Cruft is the location of the first US government research grant given to an institution of higher learning. Harvard also gave radio or wireless, a big boost in prestige by elevating the technology from that of the hobbyist to that of an ivy league school of research and science.

Cruft took radio/communications seriously by formally teaching communications, transforming radio away from the self taught radio "ham" and writing books about it. There were many books on the subject , but, I believe, no schools ever published their curriculum.

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to be fixed

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1. Various books available from 1915 onward with titles: Contributions from Jefferson Physical Laboratory and from the Cruft High-Tension Electrical Laboratory at Harvard University for the Year 1915. ditto for the years 1926 and 1927. 2. A text book created by the Electronics Training Staff of Cruft, "Electronic Circuits and Tubes" 1947 McGraw Hill.

3. "Naval School for Radio Electricians Established" Boston Globe June 17, 1917

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