| Callsign | Name | Details/Claim to Fame | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| W6QYT | Oswald Garrison "Mike" Villard, Jr. | Renowned RADAR and SSB pioneer, RF engineer, Stanford University researcher, and technical author; son of the publisher of "The New York Evening Post" and "The Nation." (ex-W1DMV). | (SK) 07-JAN-2004 (87); W2SG |
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Additional Information (as of 29-FEB-2004)
ARRL story: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/01/27/1/?nc=1
Stanford obit:
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/report/news/2004/january28/villardobit-128.html
1953 QST article re: meteor scatter:
http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/GlobalMSNet/QST-April-1953.htm
Wrote F. Terman (6FT, 6AE) bio: http://www.smecc.org/frederick_terman.htm
c. 1957 Villard pix:
http://www-w6yx.stanford.edu/w6yx/w6yx/history/gillmor.html