01/01/1925 AD founded
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. was organized to consolidate the development and research activities in the communication field and allied sciences for the Bell System. Ownership was evenly shared between Western Electric and AT&T.
The new company had existing personnel of 3600 engineers, scientists, and support staff. In addition to the existing research facilities of 400,000 square feet of space, its space was extended with a new building on about one quarter of a city block.
The first chairman of the board of directors was John J. Carty, the vice-president of AT&T, and the first president was Frank B. Jewett, also a board member, who stayed there until 1940.[
The operations were directed by E. B. Craft, executive vice-president, and formerly chief engineer at Western Electric.
Lattitude: 40.7128° N
Longitude: 74.006° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
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