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Waite , Amory Hooper , b 1902 , polar explorer and radio engineer
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Born, 1902; US Navy, 1919-1923; educated, Lowell Institute, MIT, 1926; helped to build the first State Police Radio Station in Massachusetts, 1927; Massachusetts National Guard, 1925-1934; Chief Operator of the first TV station in Boston, 1929-1933; member of Byrd Antarctic Expedition, to rescue R Adm Richard Evelyn Byrd, 1934; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; Radio Engineer in charge of the US Army Signal Corps Arctic and Antarctic research teams, undertaking 23 polar expeditions, 1945-1965; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1962-1980; died, [1984].