Riding the Waves : A Life in Sound, Science, and Industry

Prologue vii Iowa and Beyond: From Bumblebees to Ivy 1(24) Farms, K--12, Cornell, Radio, Drums, Collins Radio, the Flat Tire, Departing Harvard: Shaping the Future 25(22) Helping Invent LPs, Entering Acoustics, Measuring Acoustical Materials, Doctoral Thesis, Appointed Faculty Instructor, Summer Vacations Wartime: Communications and Kamikazes 47(30) Voice Communication at 40,000 Feet, Captain of the USS Beavertail MIT, Teaching, Writing, AT&T, and Traveling 77(26) Acoustic and Electronics Courses, Four Books, General Radio, HVAC Noise, Argentina, Acoustical Society of America, Bell Telephone System, British Hawksley Lectures, Soviet Union, Skiing Bolt Beranek & Newman, the United Nations, Big Noise, and the Internet 103(22) U.N. Sound System, World's Largest Muffler, Convair, Computer Time Sharing, Mueller-BBN, Arpanet Muffling the Jet Age 125(16) New York Port Authority, Boeing Aircraft, Pan American Airways Music, Acoustics, and Architecture 141(24) Researching and Designing Concert Halls, Boston Symphony Hall, Tanglewood-Koussevitzky Music Shed, New York Philharmonic Hall America's Best TV Station 165(28) Longest Administrative Case in U.S. History, U.S. Supreme Court Three Times, A New Kind of Television Station---WCVB-Channel 5 Boston Family, Nonprofits, and Variety 193(20) Home Life, Boston Symphony Orchestra, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Overseers, Wang Laboratories, Health Art + Physics = Beautiful Music 213(16) Great Halls in Japan: Opera House, Four Concert Halls, Drama Theater, Experimental Theater Epilogue 229(2) Acknowledgments 231(2) Degrees, Awards, and Honors 233