Leonard F. Fuller, Radio Expert, Dies

Leonard F. Fuller Sr., who held 24 U.S. patents--primarily in radio--for his inventions, has died. Fuller, 96, died at his Palo Alto home.

During World War I he was a member of the Anti-Submarine Group of the National Research Council and was placed in charge of the design of high-power trans-oceanic radio telegraph stations built by the Army and Navy.

In 1921 and 1922, he designed the world’s first telephone system on power lines of more than 50,000 volts.

In 1930, he began a 13-year career as professor of electrical engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, where he also was chairman of the department.

From 1946 to his retirement in 1954, Fuller was coordinator of contract research and acting professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University.