Alvey, John, 1925-2019 (engineer and scientist)
Dates
- Existence: 1925 - 2019
Biography
John Alvey left education to become an office boy, at the London Stock Exchange, at the age of 15. He then joined the Royal Navy in 1943 as a radio mechanic. Post-war he returned to education at Northampton Polytechnic, Clerkenwell, to study engineering. John joined the Royal Naval Scientific Service in 1950, specialising in microwave valves at its Baldock laboratory. This began 30 years in Ministry of Defence research and procurement work, rising to be chief scientist for the RAF, before join Post Office Telecommunications (now BT) as senior director of technology in 1980. He retired from BT in 1986 to become chairman of Sira and director of LSI Logic. H was also a vice president of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Communication, 1989, 1987 - 1989
Noam Chomsky: Language and mind; Hugh Mellor: Telling the truth; Horace Barlow: Communication and representation within the brain; Patrick Bateson: Animal communication; David Lodge: The novel as communication; Jonathan Miller: Communication without words; Alexander Goehr: Music as communication; John Alvey: Technology and communication.
Posters for 1989 series titled Communication, 1989
A3 and A4 photocopies of poster showing the full programme for the lecture series. Speakers for this series are Noam Chomsky, Hugh Mellor, Horace Barlow, Patrick Bateson, David Lodge, Jonathan Miller, Alexander Goehr and John Alvey
Recordings of talk by John Alvey, 1989-03-03
Lecture given by John Alvey titled Technology and Communication