Identifier: belltelephonemag00vol2930amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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tes in the service testify that thechance to come back to an organiza-tion like the System is a fortifica-tion in days of hardship or suffering.Every member of the Bell Systemfamily still safe at home hails thedevotion and gallantry of these men,who have stood fast in the first lineof defense against aggression and forthe survival of the free nations andall they represent. Bust of Dr. Bell in the Hall of Fame Busts of Alexander Graham Bell, in-ventor of the telephone, and Dr. WilliamCrawford Gorgas, who rid the PanamaCanal Zone of yellow fever, were added tothe Hall of Fame for Great Americans ata dedication ceremony held in the audi-torium of the library of New York Uni-versity in New York City on May 24. The bronze likeness of Bell, sculpturedby Stanley Martineau, was unveiled by theinventors daughter, Mrs. Gilbert Gros-venor, assisted by Marian Hubbard Bates,a great-grandaughter of Dr. Bell. Mrs.Grosvenor spoke briefly, giving some inter-esting personal reminiscences of her father.
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Several other descendants of Dr. Bell werepresent at the ceremonies. Dr. Charles F. Kettering, research con-sultant to General Motors, in paying hisrespects to the memory of the telephonesinventor, said that in these tense days wemust remember our great Americans asbeing the main elements of our nationscontinuation and strength. Dr. Oliver E. Buckley, chairman of theboard of Bell Telephone Laboratories, pre-sented the bust of Dr. Bell to the Hall ofFame on behalf of the A. T. & T. Com-pany and the Bell System. Paying respect to Bell as an inventorand scientist, Dr. Buckleycharacterized him as a manof great vision, with strongfeeling for others. It wasthis zeal in helping peo-ple to communicate theirthoughts and feelings thatgave Bell the inspirationthat led to the invention ofthe telephone, Dr. Buckleydeclared. Dr. Ralph W. Sockman,director of the Hall ofFame, presided over theceremonies, which werewitnessed by an audience of1200 people. Dr. Sockmanread a message from HelenKeller,

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