No. 883 A. Ray Olpin, 1981

File — Box: 79, Folder: 16

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Scope and Contents

A. Ray Olpin went to work for Bell Laboratories in 1925 after finishing school. Olpin worked with the head of the electro-optical research there, developing ways of transmitting images. Olpin and his team worked on setting up one of the first television transmissions, which was from Herbert Hoover, who was Secretary of Commerce at that time. After that project, Olpin continued work that would improve transmission of images, including development of a photoelectric cell that would make color television possible. Olpin also started an educational television station in Utah called KUED. He eventually became president of the University of Utah. He talks about the process of expanding the campus, which included a meeting with General Dwight Eisenhower, who helped convert Fort Douglas into part of the University of Utah campus.
Project: University of Utah oral history project.
Interviewer: Joan Cartan.

Dates

1981

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