Frank Jewett
- Born: September 5, 1879 (Pasadena, California)
- Died: November 18, 1949 (Summit, New Jersey)
Education
- 1898: AB, Throop Polytechnic Institute
- 1902: PhD, University of Chicago
Major Positions
- 1902–1904: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Instructor in Physics and Electrical Engineering
- 1904–1912: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Transmission Engineer
- 1912–1916: Western Electric Company, Assistant Chief Engineer
- 1916–1922: Western Electric Company, Chief Engineer
- 1921–1925: Western Electric Company, Vice President
- 1925–1940: Bell Laboratories, President
Other Positions
- 1925–1940: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Vice President, Development and Research
- 1939–1947: National Academy of Sciences, President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1919–1925: Vice-Chair, Engineering Foundation
- 1923–1927: Chair, Division of Engineering and Industrial Research, National Research Council
- 1933–1935: Member, United States Science Advisory Board
- 1940–1944: Chair, Board of Directors, Bell Laboratories
- 1940–1946: Member, National Defense Research Committee, United States Office of Science Research and Development
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
Presidential Papers, National Academy of Sciences Archives, Wasington, DC
Published Resources
Oliver E. Buckley, "Frank Baldwin Jewett: 1879-1949", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
