Orestes H. Caldwell

Orestes Hampton Caldwell was one of the first five members of the Federal Radio Commission. He may have been the first person to coin the term electronics.

He was born on March 8, 1888 in Lexington, Kentucky. He graduated from Purdue University as an electrical engineer, specializing in telephone and communications. In 1907 he succeeded Lee De Forest as technical editor of Western Electrician . He went on to edit a number of engineering and technical journals, including Electrical World, Electrical Merchandising, and Radio Retailing. He married Mildred Bedard.

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