Wireless Hall of Fame 2012

Nominations open for 2012 honorees

WHF will accept nominations through March 15, 2012 in four categories: Service Provider, Technology, Industry Associate, and Pioneer. For nomination forms and supporting documents, click here. 

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Edwin Armstrong

Electrical engineer and inventor of Regenerative Circuit (1912), the Superheterodyne Circuit (1918), the Super regenerative Circuit (1922) and the complete FM System (1933).  Armstrong died...

Jai Bhagat

Pioneer in nationwide paging technology.   Executive Vice President of Bernardo International; Vice Chairman of Axesstel; Co-founder, President and CEO of SkyTel Communications, Inc.;...

LeRoy T. Carlson

Founder of Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), a holding company TDS now provides wireless, local and long-distance and broadband services in 36 states through its business units U.S. Cellular and...

Thomas Carter

Invented the Carterfone, a coupler for radio communications that attached to the public switched network.  Carter fought an interconnection battle that led to the landmark Carterfone decision...

Marty Cooper

Executive Chairman and Co-founder of Arraycom Inc.; former Vice President of Research and Development at Motorola, Marty built and managed the paging and cellular businesses during his 29 year...

Jim Dwyer

Wireless pioneer and entrepreneur, founder of a number of telecommunication companies, including Interop Technologies, Wireless One Network, Independent Cellular Network, and American Cellular...

Brian Fontes

Chief Executive Officer of the National Emergency Number Association; executive of AT&T Wireless and CTIA; FCC chief of staff; led U.S. delegation at 1995 World Radio Conference in Geneva with...

Robert Galvin

Chairman and President of Motorola Inc. from 1956-1990, Robert created the Galvin Electricity Initiative in 2005, a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming the electrical grid to meet Six...

Mal Gurian

President of Mal Gurian Associates; Chief Executive Officer of Oki Telecom, the first cellular phone manufacturer to receive FCC type certification; Chairman of Authentix Network and SimplySay....

Arlene Harris

Serial entrepreneur with success in paging, mobile telephone and cellular businesses; Co-founder of GreatCall, Inc. and Cellular Business Systems, Inc. with Marty Cooper. Inducted into the Hall of...

Dale Hatfield

Spectrum management policy expert; FCC Chief of Office of Engineering and Technology; Chief of FCC Office of Plans and Policy; Acting Administrator of NTIA; author of the Hatfield Report on E-911...

Irwin Jacobs

Co-founder and Chairman of Qualcomm; Co-founder of Linkabit Corporation; Professor of electrical engineering at MIT and UCSD; noted philanthropist supporting education and the arts.  Inducted...

Nick Kauser

Nick Kauser served as Chief Technology Officer of four major wireless carriers including Rogers Cantel, McCaw Cellular Communications, AT&T Wireless Services, and Clearwire Corporation, which...

Jay Kitchen

FCC wireless telecom policy advisor; wireless association leader of National Association of Business and Educational Radio (NABER) and Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA). ...

Fred Link

Founder of Link Radio Corp.; Radio Club of America president, 1968-1992, and president emeritus until his death in 1998.   Fred was posthumously inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2000.

Robert Marino

Robert Marino is the former President and first employee of United TeleSpectrum (now Sprint), and also served as President of cellular companies including Compania de Radiocomunicaciones Moviles (...

Craig McCaw

Founder of McCaw Cellular Communications; founder and Chairman of Clearwire Corporation; founder, Chairman and CEO of Eagle River Investments.  Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000.

William McGowan

Founder of MCI Communications Corp. and Chairman of the company until his death in 1992. Bill was posthumously inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2002.

Clayton Niles

Clayton Niles is a radio telecommunications pioneer and former Chairman of Communications Industries (acquired by Pacific Telesis Group). Niles began his wireless career in 1948. He played a...

Morgan O’Brien

Co-founder and Chairman of Nextel Communications, early advocate within FCC for land mobile communications services, long-time champion of improving public safety communications. Inducted into the...