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			Andrew Alford Born Aug 5 1904 - Died Jan 25 1992 Localizer Antenna System Localizer Antenna System Patent Number(s) 2,682,050 Inducted 1983 Andrew Alford invented and developed antennas for radio navigation systems, including VOR and instrument landing systems featuring the 'Alford Loop.' Invention Impact Inventor Bio Born in Samara, Russia, Alford graduated from the University of California in 1924 with an A.B. and received the honorary title of D.S. from Ohio University in 1975. He was employed with the Harvard University Radio Research Lab from 1943 to 1945; was division head,Direction Finder and Antenna Division, ITT, from 1943 to 1945; was head, Air Navigation Lab, International Telegraph Development Corporation, 1938-41; was with Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company, 1934-41; did engineering work for Fox Film Corporation, 1929-31; and was on the sound lab staff at California Institute of Technology, 1927-28. He later founded the Alford Manufacturing Company.