Maurice L. Sindeband

Maurice L. Sindeband
Born
Maurice Leonard Sindeband

1885 (1885)
DiedDecember 5, 1971(1971-12-05) (aged 85–86)
New York City, U.S.
Education
Occupations
  • Electrical engineer
  • executive
TitlePresident of Ogden Corporation

Maurice Leonard Sindeband[1] (1885 – December 5, 1971) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive.[2] He was a former president of the Ogden Corporation.[3]

Biography

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Sindeband was born in 1885 in the Russian Empire and moved to the United States in 1890.[4] He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in electrical engineering in 1907.[5]

Sindeband began his career that year with the New York Central Railroad, before moving to the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, which he left in 1915 to join the American Gas and Electric Company, advancing to the post of electrical engineer in 1918.[6] He worked on high-tension power transmission, career-current communication, and substation operation.[2] An inventor, he was also credited for inventing an automatic train control system, an automatic reactor for electric power circuits, an electronic voltage regulator for generators, as well as carrier-current communication and short-circuit current-control systems.[4]

Sindeband later worked for Brown, Boveri & Cie and became president, vice chairman, and director of Ogden Corporation.[2] He was also a director of Avondale Shipyard and Syntex Corporation. He was also a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.[7]

Sideband died on December 5, 1971, at age 84, in New York City.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Who's who in Commerce and Industry. Marquis Who's Who. 1965.
  2. ^ a b c d "Maurice L. Sindeband Inventor Who Led Holding Concern, Dies". The New York Times. December 6, 1971. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "Finance: Charlie's Profit Instinct". Time. November 15, 1963. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Electrical World. McGraw-Hill. 1926.
  5. ^ University, Columbia (1916). Catalogue of Officers and Graduates of Columbia University from the Foundation of King's College in 1754. The University.
  6. ^ "Brooklyn Edison Company, Edison Wonder House Records | Collection | SOVA". sova.si.edu. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  7. ^ "Membership – Applications, elections, transfers, etc". Journal of the A.I.E.E. 44 (1): 101–109. January 1925. doi:10.1109/JAIEE.1925.6538325. ISSN 2376-5976.