Jesse Russell
Jesse Eugene Russell is an American inventor. Trained as an electrical engineer at Tennessee State University and Stanford University, and working in the field of wireless communication for overyears, Russell has helped to shape the wireless communications industry direction through his leadership and perspectives for standards, technologies as well as new wireless service concepts.
Jesse Eugene Russell was born April 26, 1948, in Nashville, Tennessee in the United States of America into a large AfricanAmerican family with eight brothers and two sisters. He is the son of Charles Albert Russell and Mary Louise Russell. His early childhood was spent in economically and socially deprived neighborhoods within the innercity of Nashville. During his early years, he focused on athletics and not academics. A key turning point in Russells life was the opportunity to attend a summer educational program at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee.p Russell participated in this educational opportunity and began his academic and intellectual pursuits. Russell continued his education at Tennessee State University Tennessee State University where he focused on electrical engineering. A Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering was conferred in 1972 from Tennessee State University. As a top honor student in the School of Engineering, Russell became the first African Am
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