John Maurice Fluke, Sr. (14 December 1911 – 11 February 1984) was the founder of

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and the former

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employee, a manufacturer of electronic test equipment. Fluke served as an officer in the

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and worked on shipboard electrical problems for then-Captain

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. He received the

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for this work. He reached the rank of

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before leaving the Navy at the war's end.Fluke, John Maurice Sr. (1911–1984)
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1911 births 1984 deaths American electrical engineers United States Navy officers Recipients of the Legion of Merit 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American engineers United States Navy personnel of World War II {{US-business-bio-1910s-stub