COLLECTION NAME:
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwa_wmup_u-000331
Filename:
exwa_wmup_u-000331.tif
Title:
Walter Marburger with radio Equipment at Western Michigan College of Education
Date:
approximately 1945
Description:
Walter Marburger, physics professor, working with short wave radio equipment. Marburger was a faculty and chemist in the Physics Department at Western Michigan College of Education from 1925. He was first president of the Faculty Senate from 1958-1959 and founded the VHF Conference for amateur radio operators in 1954. He retired from WMU in 1963 after 38 years of teaching physics and electronics classes. After retirement, he was active in local, state and regional amateur radio operations and operating an amateur radio W8CVQ station from his Kalamazoo home.
Person:
Marburger, Walter G., 1892-1990
Subject:
Western Michigan University--Faculty
Subject:
Western Michigan College of Education--Faculty
Subject:
Radio--Equipment and supplies
Location:
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Time Period:
1940 - 1949
Source:
7 x 9 in black-and-white print WMU Photograph Collection, U-000331
Collection:
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Digital Date:
2020
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
In Copyright
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections, Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
Type:
Image
File Format:
image/tiff
Box Barcode:
Box 3, Barcode: 31141021783209
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
