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... His research with Newmont led to several patents for electromagnetic en c! induced-polarization methods of geophysical prospecting.
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... Of particular significance was his book Electromagnetic Waves in Stratified Media, published in 1962 and republished in 1970. This text proved to be a citation classic, with over 1,500 citations in succeeding years.
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... coeditor for the Pergamon Press Monograph Series on Electromagnetic Waves; as coeditor of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK) Electromagnetic Wave Series, and as a member of the editorial board of Pure and Applied Geophysics (Zurich)
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... In 195S, only three years afterjoining CRPL, he was awarded the Department of Commerce's Gold Meclal for "highly distinguished authorship in the field of radio propagation." In 1962 he was elected fellow of the IRE and was awarded the Samuel Wesley Stratton Award of the National Bureau of Standards. In 1964 he received the IEEE Harry Diamond Memorial Award and the Arthur S
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... JAMES R WAIT 271 he whole-heartedly clevotecI his talents to advancing the broad field of electromagnetic wave propagation in the terrestrial environment, donating generously his time and energy, and achieving huge success as a result.


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