In the history of technology, John G. Trump is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists John G. Trump as American electrical engineer (1907–1985).
John G. Trump was born at The Bronx in 1907. His recorded nationality is the United States. He was educated at Columbia University and New York University Tandon School of Engineering.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
He worked as electrical engineer, inventor and university teacher.
His affiliations include Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
Recognition followed: National Medal of Science (1983).
That the work was done from the United States matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
John G. Trump died in 1985, aged 78. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- National Medal of Science — 1983
- Affiliated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Educated at Columbia University, New York University Tandon School of Engineering and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Worked as electrical engineer, inventor and university teacher
