James Edward Maceo West ----Holds over 250 foreign and U.S. patents for the production and design of microphones and techniques for creating polymer foil electrets

 

 

James Edward Maceo West

 born February 10, 1931

 

Years later, West was appointed president-elect of the Acoustical Society of America in 1997 and joined the National Academy of Engineering in 1998.

 Both West and Sessler were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1999. 

West has also worked with initiatives to entreat women and students of color to explore and pursue careers in the fields of science and technology.

Joins Johns Hopkins University

West retired from Bell in 2001, after more than four decades with the company. After interviewing with several universities, he chose Johns Hopkins and became a research professor at its Whiting School of Engineering in the electrical/computer engineering department.