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Alan Simmons, specialist in satellite communications

ALAN JAY SIMMONS ALAN JAY SIMMONS
By J.M. Lawrence
Globe Correspondent / February 20, 2009

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After Pearl Harbor was attacked, Alan J. Simmons left his chemistry studies at Harvard to join the US Navy and eventually discovered a fascination with communications technology, leading to his work on the first US satellites. (Full article: 656 words)

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