Re: 2-Way Radio Co-inventor Dead.
ATTENTION
 On Thursday September 17th 1997, co-inventor of the two-way radio
 Charles Clio Shumard (My Grandfather), past away at the age of 98 in
 Princeton, New Jersey.
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 From; "The Princeton Packet" Tuesday, September 23rd 1997
  Charles C. Shumard, Co-invented Walkie-talkie
 Charles C. Shumard 98, died Thursday at the Princeton Nursing Home.
 Born near Ridgeway, MO., He lived in Hopewell from 1947 to 1983 before
 moving to Princeton.
 Mr. Shumard was an Electrical Engineer for RCA David Sarnoff
 Laboratories in West Windsor, retiring in 1961
 He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the
 University of Missouri, Columbia. He was an associate professor at
 Georgia Tech University, where he earned a master's degree in
 engineering.
 After working in RCA's tube division in Harrison, he was transferred to
 RCA in Camden, where he co-invented the walkie-talkie, a 2-way radio.
 He helped develop computers and early television. He had a television
 in his home in 1936.
 He was transferred to the David Sarnoff Center in 1955, where he
 developed a heat conduction system for the first Tiros satellite.
 During his early years with RCA he was responsible for 14 patents and
 was listed in "Who's Who in Engineering" for many years.
 Husband of the late Ruth Woodward Shumard and Rebecca Schmidt,and
 father of the Charles Chadburne, he is survived by two daughters,
 Ethel S. "Robin" Mastrocola and Charlotte S. Robertson; Eight
 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
 A memorial service will be held 1 p.m. Nov. 2 at Cromwell Memorial Home
 71 E. Prospect St., Hopewell.
 Private Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Hopewell.
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 Cards and notes can be sent to my P.O. Box for forwarding to the
 appropriate parties.
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 Scott Charles McQuilkin
 P.O. Box 1523
 Elyria, Ohio  44036-1523
 eMAIL s.charles@neopc.org
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