From: malcolm@interval.com (Malcolm Slaney)
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 14:20:54 -0800
Subject: Harvey Fletcher and John Pierce at CCRMA
Message-Id: <v0211010eaba773119c29@[192.203.7.70]>

[Sorry for the late notice....]

This week at the CCRMA Hearing Seminar we return to the subject of Harvey
Fletcher and his amazing research effort.  Next month at the Washington DC
ASA meeting there is going to be a special session commerating Harvey
Fletcher's work and reviewing his contribution.  Jont Allen has been
organizing it.  I'm sorry to say that I won't be able to be there, but the
next best thing is to have the talks at Stanford!  Jont spoke a few weeks
ago, now we get to hear John Pierce's recollections.

This week John Pierce will be reviewing and discussing Harvey Fletcher's
work on pitch.  I'm sorry I don't have more details, I'll try to send a
followup message.  I believe that John worked with Harvey and knew him
personally.

        Who:    John Pierce
        What:   Harvey Fletcher's work on Pitch
        When:   Thursday April 6 at 11AM
        Where:  CCRMA Library (Top Floor of the Knoll at Stanford)

See you at CCRMA

-- Malcolm
P.S.  I do have a few biographical notes on John Pierce which you might
find interesting.  He's the only person I know who has retired three(!!)
times and always been successful.



John Pierce

Ph.D. following undergraduate work at Caltech, 1936.

35 uears at Bell Labs, worked on vacuum tubes, designed beating
oscillators used in US radar during WW 2


The Echo communication satellite, 1958, was my idea and this led
AT&T to launch TELSTAR in 1960.

Worked on digitzation of communication.


Went to Caltech in 1971 as Professor of Engineering, Emeritus 1970.

2 years Chief Technologist at JPL.

Came to Stanford in 1973 as Visiting Professor of Music,


Emeritus after writing The Science of Musical Sound in 1973.




[And one thing John forgot to mention... in addition to the 15 technical
books that he has written, he has also published science fiction novels
under the name of J. J. Coupling!]