John S. Mayo

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John Sullivan Mayo
Born (1930-02-26) February 26, 1930 (age 94)
NationalityAmerican
Education North Carolina State University (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
Occupation(s)engineer, executive
Known forcontributions to the computer and telecommunications industry
Notable workpresident of Bell Labs
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John Sullivan Mayo (born February 26, 1930) is an American engineer, AT&T executive and seventh president of Bell Labs, known for contributions to the computer and telecommunications industry. [1] [2]

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In 1979, Mayo was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions and leadership in the realization of digital facilities for the telecommunications network.

Biography

Born in Greenville, North Carolina, he earned B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University.

Following this, Mayo joined Bell Labs, now Nokia Bell Labs, (1955) where he first worked on early computers as the TRADIC and Leprechaun, the Telstar satellite, ocean sonar systems and various switching systems. He was elected vice president at Bell Labs (1975) and eventually became the seventh president (1991) [3] until his retirement (1995). He is credited with globalizing Bell Labs and forging closer ties between its research and development and business units. [4]

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References

  1. New president named at Bell Labs from New York Times (July 2, 1991).
  2. biography from IEEE
  3. presidential page from Lucent
  4. TheProfessionalEngineer.com
  5. "from ncsu.edu". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  6. TheProfessionalEngineer.com
Awards
Preceded by IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
1978
Succeeded by