Wilmer L. Barrow

{{Short description|American electrical engineer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox scientist |name = Wilmer L. Barrow |image = Wilmer Barrow & horn antenna 1938.jpg |caption = Barrow with the first horn antenna |birth_date ={{Birth date|1903|7|26}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q7FNAAAAYAAJ&q=Wilmer+L.+Barrow+1905|title = IRE Directory|year = 1960}}</ref> |birth_place =Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |death_date ={{dda|1975|8|29|1903|7|26}}<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/31/archives/wilmer-barrow-of-sperry-dead-exresearch-chief-71-noted-for.html | title=Wilier Barrow of Sperry Dead | newspaper=The New York Times | date=August 31, 1975 }}</ref> |death_place =Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, U.S. |residence = |fields = |workplaces = |alma_mater = Technical University of Munich |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = Lan Jen Chu |known_for = |awards = IEEE Edison Medal {{small|(1966)}} }}

'''Wilmer Lanier Barrow''' (July 26, 1903 – August 29, 1975) was an American electrical engineer, inventor, teacher, industrial manager, and a counselor to government agencies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Wilmer_Barrow |title=Wilmer Barrow |work=IEEE Global History Network |publisher=IEEE |accessdate=July 25, 2011}}</ref> He obtained a BSEE degree in 1926 from Louisiana State University, and a doctorate from the Technical University of Munich in 1931.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q7FNAAAAYAAJ|title=IRE Directory|date=1960-01-01|publisher=Institute of Radio Engineers|language=en}}</ref> During the pre-World War 2 development of radar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Barrow performed research on microwaves, inventing waveguide in 1936 and the horn antenna in 1938.<ref name="Packard">{{cite journal |last1 = Packard |first1 = Karle S. |title = The Origin of Waveguides: A Case of Multiple Rediscovery |journal = IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques |volume = MTT-32 |issue = 9 |pages = 961–969 |publisher = Inst. of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |date = September 1984 |url = http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/images/8/86/MTT_Waveguide_History.pdf |issn = |doi = 10.1109/tmtt.1984.1132809 |id = |accessdate = March 24, 2015 |bibcode = 1984ITMTT..32..961P |archive-date = March 5, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011921/http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/images/8/86/MTT_Waveguide_History.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref>

He was vice president for research, development and engineering of the Sperry Rand Corporation.

He was elected to the grade of Fellow in the IEEE in 1941, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1942.<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|accessdate=May 17, 2011}}</ref> In 1943 he received the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award In 1966 he received the IEEE Edison Medal.

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