Frank J. Biondi 1914-2003

摘要

FRANK J. BIONDI, a long time member of The Electrochemical Society and an executive at AT&T Bell Laboratories, died on October 5, 2003 at the age of 89. He obtained his BS summa cum laude from Lehigh University and joined Bell Laboratories in 1936 to work on wood preservation and the development of synthetic plastics. In 1940 he received an MS from Columbia University. During the World War II years he worked on the Manhattan Project developing a process for the large-scale manufacture of porous metal materials for use in the gaseous diffusion of uranium isotopes. After the war he returned to Bell Laboratories, supervising a group to choose and develop materials for electron tubes, and, after the development of the transistor in 1948, for the solid-state diodes and transistors, solar cells, and numerous other devices. In 1962 he was promoted to Director of the Electron Device Materials and Processes Laboratory. He assumed responsibility for the development of many processes and technologies including electroplating, wet etching, and design of lead-acid, secondary lithium, and nickel-cadmium batteries.