Wednesday, March 15, 2006

A Distinguished Walla Wallan

The late Dr. Walter Brattain was a Walla Walla Resident. Brattain was a co-winner of the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work with Bell Labratories including the invention of the transistor. He later taught at Whitman College. Posted by Picasa

2 comments:

Dave Zarkin said...

I am impressed that A Whitman grad invented the transistor which revolutionized electronics and more.

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