Biography
Martin Cooper (born December 26, 1928) is an American engineer. He is a pioneer in the wireless communications industry, especially in radio spectrum management, with eleven patents in the field. On April 3, 1973, Cooper placed the first public call from a handheld portable cell phone while working at Motorola, from a Manhattan sidewalk to his counterpart at competitor Bell Labs. Cooper reprised the first handheld cellular mobile phone (distinct from the car phone) in 1973 and led the team that redeveloped it and brought it to market in 1983. He is considered the "father of the (handheld) cell phone", and received the 2015 IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award for this work. Cooper is co-founder of numerous communications companies with his wife and business partner Arlene Harris; He is co-founder and current Chairman of Dyna LLC, in Del Mar, California. Cooper also sits on committees supporting the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the United States Department of Commerce. In 2010, Cooper was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for leadership in the creation and deployment of the cellular portable hand-held telephone.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
38 releases · 22 albums · active 1967–2016
- Performance · 40
- Production · 23
- Engineering · 10
- Other credits · 9
Studios: Stargate Studio (2) · B And G Publishing France · Overdream Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Asia 2001
- Various
- The Listening Pool
- Goa Gil
- Johnny Barfield & The Men Of S.O.U.L.
- The Irish Rovers
- Algae Bloom
- Frankie Auman