About Walter L. Shaw
Lived 1916 – 1996 (aged 79). Walter L. Shaw was an American engineer.
Walter L. Shaw Sr. (December 20, 1916, in Vineland, New Jersey – July 21, 1996 ) was an American telecommunications engineer and inventor who clashed with his employer (variously identified as AT&T, Bell
Biography He was born on December 20, 1916, in Vineland, New Jersey, to Amanda and Edward Shaw.
Shaw went to work for AT&T or Bell or Southern Bell in 1935. and again in 1971. though the project never materialized.
Shaw Jr. produced Genius on Hold, a 2013 documentary film about his father.
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Who was Walter L. Shaw?
American inventor and telecommunications engineer
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Walter L. Shaw was born on 20 December 1916 in Vineland.
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Walter L. Shaw died on 21 July 1996 in Fort Lauderdale.
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Walter L. Shaw was an engineer.
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Walter L. Shaw was American.
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