John Joseph Carty (April 14, 1861 – December 27, 1932) was an American electrical engineer and a major contributor to the development of telephone wires and related technology. He was a recipient of the

Edison Medal The IEEE Edison Medal is presented by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "for a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science, electrical engineering, or the electrical arts." It is the oldest medal in this fi ...

. As Chief Engineer of

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, he was instrumental in the development of the first transcontinental telephone line. Carty was president of the

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from 1915 to 1916. He died at

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in Baltimore on December 27, 1932.

Honors

Edward Longstreth Medal The Franklin Institute is a science museum and the center of science education and research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is named after the American scientist and statesman Benjamin Franklin. It houses the Benjamin Franklin National Memori ...

of the

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(1905) * Fellow of the

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(1915) * Trustee of the

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(1916–1932) *

IEEE Edison Medal The IEEE Edison Medal is presented by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "for a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science, electrical engineering, or the electrical arts." It is the oldest medal in this fi ...

(1917) *

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of the Franklin Institute (1916) * John J. Carty Award of the National Academy of Sciences (1932)(inaugural)

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Carty Award
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National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
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