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| Joseph James Zimmermann, Jr | |
| | Birth: | 1912
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Wisconsin, USA | | Death: | Mar. 31, 2004
Brookfield
Waukesha County
Wisconsin, USA |
Inventor. Telephone answering machine in 1948; security device that automatically dials a phone number and conveys information from in case of an emergency; magnetic recorder used to monitor heart patients; system for accessing prerecorded lectures to earn college credit; airport system to send out landing information to planes 24 hours a day. Early examples on display at the Milwaukee Public Museum.1935 graduate of Marquette University with a degree in electrical engineering. Served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during WW II. Among the first soldiers to land on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, as part of the D-Day invasion. (bio by: Millennium Memorials)
Search Amazon for Joseph Zimmermann | | | Burial:
Saint Marys Visitation Cemetery
Elm Grove
Waukesha County
Wisconsin, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Apr 12, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 8629748 |
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