Ralph Sidney WOOLLETT
30th Dec 1917 - 14th Mar 1984
Life History
30th Dec 1917 |
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. |
1984 |
Buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plains, USA. |
14th Mar 1984 |
Died in Groton, New London, CT. USA. |
Notes
- Ralph died when his plane which he was piloting crashed in Groton, Connecticut, Mar. 14, 1984.
He was an Army veteran of World War II.
"A resident of New London, Ct. for more than 30 years, he was a sonar expert for the Naval department of the Naval Underwater Sound Systems, where he had been employed since 1947."
"He received his Master's degree and doctoral degree in electrical engineering from the University of Connecticut and completed undergraduate work at the Massacusetts Institute of Technology."
He was an Internationally known physicist whose specialty was transducers, a key part in a submarine's sonar."
Listed in American Men & Women of Science, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th editions.
Who's Who in Government, 1st edition (1972-1973), 2nd edition (1975-1976), 3rd edition (1977).
SSN 010-14-7318