Eugene Law

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Eugene "Gene" Law is a communication engineer best known for his contributions in the field of telemetry. He was responsible for the development of numerous telemetry standards, and is an author or co-author of many of the standard reference books in the field. His work and research is referenced in many other technical papers[1] and his efforts have also resulted in numerous telemetry patents.

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[edit] Career

Law received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, in 1969. He started his career at the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWCWPNS), Point Mugu in 1971, finally retiring in 2007 having made many major contributions to the field of telemetry.

His duties and responsibilities have included being the task lead for the Range Commanders' Council Telemetry Group (RCC-TG) for spectrum encroachment, Chief Technical advisor to the Advanced Range Telemetry (ARTM) and the Integrated Network Enhanced Telemetry (iNET) programs, Advisor to the Enhanced Flight Termination Systems and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Science and Technology for Test and Evaluation programs. He is a member of the OSD Research and Development Spectrum Requirements Working Group. He has also been a member of the Telemetering Standards Coordination Committee.

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Law was made a NAWCWPNS fellow in 1988 and at his retirement was awarded the Navy Civilian Meritorious Award by Rear Admiral Mark Skinner, commander of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division.

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  1. ^ As per the ITC DVD 2006, he has authored or co-authored thirteen papers and is referenced or acknowledged by at least forty-two others.

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