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George Owen Squier (March 21, 1865 – March 24, 1934) was an American general, scientist, and inventor [2] best known for inventing and popularizing what today is called Muzak. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Life and military career
Inventor George Owen Squier, credited with inventing telephone carrier multiplexing in 1910, developed the original technical basis for Muzak. [7] [8] [9] He was granted several US patents in the 1920s [9] related to transmission of information signals, among them U.S. patent 1,641,608 a system for the transmission and distribution of signals over electrical lines.
The General G. O. Squier class of transport ships was built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. The class was based upon the Maritime Commission's Type C4 ship. The class was named for United States Army Major General George Owen Squier. [1] [2] The first ship was launched in November 1942, while the last was launched in April 1945.
USS General G. O. Squier (AP-130) was the lead ship of her class of transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. Decommissioned in 1946, she was sold privately in 1965 and renamed SS Pennmar , and was eventually scrapped.
Two months later, Fort Monmouth Signal Laboratory was redesignated as Squier Signal Laboratory in honor of Major General George Owen Squier, the founder of SCL and Chief Signal Officer during World War I. [1] [7] Most notably, the Signal Corps Ground Service was reorganized into the Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories (SCEL) in May 1945.
By 1911, Major General George Owen Squier was conducting some of the earliest studies designed to put carrier current transmissions, which he called "wired wireless", to practical use. [2] To be effective, the radio transmitter must be capable of generating pure continuous-wave AM transmissions.
During World War I. Chief Signal Officer George Owen Squier worked closely with private industry to perfect radio tubes while creating a major signal laboratory at Camp Alfred Vail (Fort Monmouth). Early radiotelephones developed by the Signal Corps were introduced into the European theater in 1918.
Squier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Billy Squier (born 1950), American rock musician; Carl Browne Squier (1893–1967), American World War I aviation pioneer; Cecil Clyde Squier (died 1951), American politician from Maryland; Ephraim George Squier (1821–1888), American archaeologist; George Owen Squier (1863–1934 ...