- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 55 min., 54 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Electrical engineer Victor B. Lawrence was born on May 10, 1945 in Accra, Ghana. Lawrence attended the Imperial College of Science and Technology at the University of London where he received his B.Sc. degree in 1968, his M.S. degree in 1969, and his Ph.D. degree in 1972, all in electrical engineering. Lawrence joined Bell Laboratories in 1974 and then served as supervisor of AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, department head of Data Communication Research, director of Advanced Multimedia Communications, and vice president of Advanced Communications Technology. In 2005, he became the director of the Center for Intelligent Networked Systems and was named associate dean and Charles Batchler Chair Professor of Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. For his contributions, Lawrence was elected as a Fellow in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1987, Bell Laboratories in 1992 and National Academy of Engineering 2003. He also co-founded the International Cultural Exchange Center.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Victor Lawrence
- Victor Lawrence
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 1000519284
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Victor Lawrence.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
025554
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Eatontown, New Jersey 2013 March 6.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Electrical Engineer.
- Added Author
Lawrence, Victor B., interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.