Alfred j gross biography of george

American inventor (1918–2000)

For other people named Al Gross, see Al Gross.

Irving "Al" Gross (; February 22, 1918 – December 21, 2000) was a pioneer in mobile wireless communication. He created and patented many communications devices, specifically in relation to an early version of the walkie-talkie,^[1]Citizens' Band radio,^[2] the telephone pager^[2] and the cordless telephone.^[3]

Biography

Gross was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1918, the son of Romanian-Jewish immigrants, he grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.^[4]

His lifelong enthusiasm for radio was sparked at age nine, when traveling on Lake Erie by a steamboat.^[3] While sneaking around the boat he ended up in the radio transmissions room. The ship's operator let him listen in on transmissions. Later, Gross turned the basement of his house into a radio station, built from scavenged junkyard parts.

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