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Bell Telephone Laboratories was established in 1925 as a consolidation of research and development work at Western Electric Company's research laboratory and engineering work at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T). On the early history, see Leonard S. Reich, The Making of American Industrial Research: Science and Business at GE and Bell, 1876-1926 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985).

Bell Telephone Laboratories was officially renamed AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1984. It was spun-off from AT&T as Lucent Technologies in 1996. In 2006 Lucent merged with Alcatel to become Alcatel-Lucent. Bell Laboratories produced an internal history, with a last edition of 1985 entitled A History of Science and Engineering in the Bell System.

Presidents

Also see Alcatel-Lucent Profiles of Bell Labs Presidents

1925–1940: Frank Jewett
1940–1951: Oliver Buckley
1951–1959: Mervin Kelly
1959–1973: James Fisk
1973–1979: William Baker
1979–1991: Ian Ross
1991–1995: John Mayo
1995–1999: Daniel Stanzione
1999–2001: Arun Netravali
2001–2005: Bill O'Shea
2005–2013: Jeong Kim
2013–present: Gee Rittenhouse

Staff

1904–1940: Frank Jewett
- 1904–1912: Transmission Engineer
- 1912–1916: Assistant Chief Engineer
- 1916–1922: Chief Engineer
- 1921–1925: Vice President
- 1925–1940: President
1914–1951: Oliver Buckley
- 1914–1925: Research Physicist
- 1925–1927: Research Physicist
- 1927–1933: Assistant Director of Research
- 1933–1936: Director of Research
- 1936–1940: Executive Vice President
- 1940–1951: President
1916–1949: Harvey Fletcher
- 1916–1928: Engineer to Acoustics Researcher, Research Laboratories
- 1928–1933: Director of Acoustical Research
- 1933–1949: Director of Physical Research
1917–1946: Clinton Davisson
- 1917–1925: Researcher, Engineering Department
- 1925–1946: Member, Technical Staff
1918–1959: Mervin Kelly
- 1918–1925: Physicist
- 1925–1930: Physicist
- 1930–1936: Director, Vacuum Tube Development
- 1936–1944: Director of Research
- 1944–1951: Executive Vice President
- 1951–1959: President
1919–1947: Herbert Ives
- 1919–1925: Physicist, Engineering Division
- 1925–1947: Physicist
1926–1928: Jerome Hunsaker, Assistant Vice-President
1926–1967: Hendrik Bode
- 1926–1944: Member, Technical Staff
- 1944–1952: Research Mathematician
- 1952–1955: Director, Mathematics Research
- 1955–1958: Director, Research in the Physical Sciences
- 1958–1967: Vice President
1929–1960: Gerald Pearson
- 1929–1960: Research Physicist
- 1957–1960: Head, Department of Applied Solid State Physics
1929–1967: Walter Brattain, Research Physicist
1929–1971: Sidney Darlington, Member, Technical Staff
1935–1982: William Pfann, Member, Technical Staff
1936–1954: William Shockley, Member, Technical Staff
1937–1979: C. Chapin Cutler
- 1937–1959: Member, Technical Staff to Department Head
- 1959–1963: Assistant Director, Electronics Research
- 1963–1971: Director, Electronics Systems Research
- 1971–1979: Director, Electronics and Computer Systems Research
1939–1947: James Fisk
- 1939–1945: Electronic Research Engineer
- 1945–1947: Assistant Director of Physical Research
1939–1947: Charles Townes, Member, Technical Staff
1940–1985: Homer Hagstrum
- 1940–1954: Research Physicist
- 1954–1978: Head, Surface Physics Research
- 1978–1985: Research Physicist, Surface Physics
1941–unknown: James Lander, Research Physicist
1944–1946: Polykarp Kusch, Researcher
1945–1951: John Bardeen, Research Physicist
1946–1971: Albert Clogston
- 1946–1963: Research Physicist
- 1963–1965: Assistant Director, Materials Research Laboratory
- 1965–1971: Director, Physical Resarch Laboratory
1946–1978: W. Conyers Herring, Member, Technical Staff
1947–1951: Charles Kittel, Research Physicist
1948–1960: Harry Suhl, Member, Technical Staff
1948–1974: John Galt
- 1948–1961: Researcher
- 1961–1974: Director, Solid State Electronics Research
1948–1980: Bernd Matthias, Member, Technical Staff
1949–1967: Philip Anderson, Member, Technical Staff
1949–1973: James Fisk
- 1949–1951: Assistant Director of Research
- 1952–1954: Director of Research, Physical Sciences
- 1954–1955: Vice President, Research
- 1955–1959: Executive Vice President
- 1959–1973: President
1950–1952: Robert Kraichnan, Member, Technical Staff
1950–1970: Edward David Jr.
- 1950–1956: Member, Technical Staff
- 1956–1958: Engineer-in-Charge, Acoustics Research
- 1958–1965: Director, Visual and Acoustics Research
- 1965–1970: Executive Director, Communications Systems Research
1951–1952: Esther Conwell, Member, Technical Staff
1951–1961: Arthur Schawlow, Research Physicist
1951–1973: Rudolf Kompfner
- 1951–1955: Member, Technical Staff
- 1955–1957: Director, Electronics Research
- 1957–1962: Director, Electronics and Radio Research
- 1962–1973: Associate Executive Director of Research and Communications Sciences
1952–1968: Theodore Geballe
- 1952–1957: Member, Technical Staff
- 1957–1968: Head, Department of Low Temperature and Solid State Physics
1952–1992: Arthur Ashkin
- 1952–1963: Member, Technical Staff
- 1963–1987: Head, Department of Laser Science
- 1988–1992: Member, Technical Staff
1953–1962: Willard Boyle, Member, Technical Staff
1953–1982: Alan Chynoweth
- 1953–1960: Member, Technical Staff
- 1960–1965: Head, Crystal Electronics Research Department
- 1965–1973: Assistant Director, Materials Research
- 1973–1976: Director, Materials Research
- 1976–1982: Executive Director, Electronic and Photonic Devices Division
1954–1960: George Feher, Research Physicist
1954–1992: David G. Thomas
- 1954–1962: Member, Technical Staff
- 1962–1968: Head, Semiconductor Electronics Laboratory
- 1968–1969: Director, Electron Device Process and Battery Laboratory
- 1969–1976: Executive Director, Electronic Devices, Process Materials Division
- 1976–1992: Executive Director, Transmission Systems
1955–1971: Melvin Lax, Member, Technical Staff
1956–1958: James Phillips, Member, Technical Staff
1958–1960: John Hopfield, Member, Technical Staff
1958–1968: Solomon Buchsbaum
- 1958–1961: Member, Technical Staff
- 1961–1965: Department Head
- 1965–1968: Director, Electronics Research Laboratory
1959–1960: William Raney, Member, Technical Staff
1959–1962: Ali Javan, Member, Technical Staff
1959–1964: Amnon Yariv, Member, Technical Staff
1959–1986: George E. Smith
- 1959–1964: Member, Technical Staff
- 1964–1986: Head, Device Concepts Group
1959–2001: Frank Stillinger
- 1959–1982: Member, Technical Staff
- 1982–2001: Distinguished Member, Technical Staff
1960–1966: Paul Richards, Member, Technical Staff
1960–1987: Arthur Gossard, Member, Technical Staff
1961–1964: Myriam Sarachik, Member, Technical Staff
1961–1983: John Rowell
- 1961–1969: Member, Technical Staff
- 1969–1981: Department Head
- 1981–1983: Director, Chemical Physics Laboratory
1961–1993: C. Kumar N. Patel
- 1961–1967: Member, Technical Staff
- 1967–1970: Head, Infrared Physics and Electronics Research Department
- 1970–1976: Director, Electronics Research Laboratory
- 1976–1981: Director, Physical Sciences Laboratory
- 1981–1987: Executive Director, Physics and Academic Affairs Division
- 1987–1993: Executive Director, Research Materials Science Engineering and Academic Affairs Division
1961–1998: Arno Penzias
- 1961–1972: Member, Technical Staff
- 1972–1976: Head, Radio Physics Research Department
- 1976–1979: Director, Radio Physics Research, Radio Research Laboratory
- 1976–1979: Director, Radio Research Laboratory
- 1979–1981: Executive Director, Communications Sciences Research Division
- 1981–1995: Vice President, Research
- 1995–1996: Vice President and Chief Scientist
- 1996–1998: Vice President and Chief Scientist
1963–1964: Marvin Cohen, Member, Technical Staff
1963–1979: Guenter Ahlers, Member, Technical Staff
1963–1994: Robert W. Wilson
- 1963–1977: Member, Technical Staff
- 1976–1994: Head, Radio Physics Research Department
1964–1972: William L. McMillan, Member, Technical Staff
1964–1979: Willard Boyle
- 1964–1968: Director, Semiconductor Device Laboratory
- 1968–1975: Executive Director, Semiconductor Device Laboratory
- 1975–1979: Executive Director of Research, Communications Sciences Division
1964–1995: Pierre Hohenberg
- 1964–1985: Member, Technical Staff
- 1985–1989: Head, Theoretical Physics Department
- 1989–1995: Distinguished Member, Technical Staff
1965–1966: Albert Libchaber, Member, Technical Staff
1965–1992: Paul Fleury
- 1965–1970: Member, Technical Staff
- 1970–1979: Head, Condensed State Physics Research Department
- 1979–1984: Director, Materials Research Laboratory
- 1984–1992: Director, Physical Research Laboratory
1965–2001: Donald Hamann
- 1965–1979: Member, Technical Staff
- 1979–1981: Director, Theoretical Physics Research Department
- 1981–1997: Director, Surface Physics Research Department
- 1997–2000: Director, Theoretical Physics Research Department, Bell Laboratories
- 2000–2001: Director, Theoretical Materials Research Department, Bell Laboratories
1966–1976: Bertrand Halperin, Member, Technical Staff
1966–1981: T. Maurice Rice
- 1966–1975: Member, Technical Staff
- 1975–1978: Head, Theoretical Department of Physics
- 1978–1981: Head, Surface Department of Physics
1966–1984: William Brinkman
- 1966–1972: Member, Technical Staff
- 1972–1974: Head, Infared Physics and Electronics Research Department
- 1974–1981: Director, Chemical Physics Research Laboratory
- 1981–1984: Director, Physics Research Laboratory
1966–1996: Theodore Fulton, Member, Technical Staff to Distinguished Member, Technical Staff
1967–1983: David Aspnes, Member, Technical Staff
1967–1994: Joel Appelbaum
- 1967–1967: Member, Technical Staff
- 1968–1994: Member, Technical Staff
1968–1970: Ching-Wu "Paul" Chu, Member, Technical Staff
1968–1975: Robert Birgeneau
- 1968–1974: Member, Technical Staff
- 1975–1975: Research Head, Scattering and Low Energy Physics
1968–1982: Daniel Tsui, Member, Technical Staff
1968–1990: Robert Dynes
- 1968–1970: Postdoctoral Fellow
- 1970–1974: Member, Technical Staff
- 1974–1981: Head, Semiconductor and Chemical Physics Research Department
- 1981–1983: Head, Solid State and Physics of Materials Research Department
- 1983–1990: Director, Chemical Physics Research
1969–1970: Jan Tauc, Member, Technical Staff
1969–1989: Charles Shank
- 1969–1976: Member, Technical Staff
- 1976–1983: Head, Quantum Physics and Electronic Research Department
- 1983–1989: Director, Electronics Research Laboratory
- 1983–1989: Member, Technical Staff
1969–1994: Neville Smith, Member, Technical Staff
1969–2001: James Phillips, Member, Technical Staff
1971–1986: Francis DiSalvo
- 1971–1978: Member, Technical Staff
- 1978–1981: Head, Chemical Physics Research Department
- 1981–1983: Head, Solid State Chemistry Research Department
- 1983–1986: Head, Solid State and Physics of Materials Research Department
1971–1993: Solomon Buchsbaum
- 1971–1975: Executive Director, Research in Communications Science Division
- 1975–1976: Executive Director, Transmission Systems Division
- 1976–1979: Vice President, Network Planning and Customer Systems
- 1979–1993: Senior Vice President, Technological Systems
1972–1982: Patrick Lee
- 1972–1973: Member, Techical Staff
- 1974–1982: Member, Techical Staff
1972–1987: Douglas Osheroff
- 1972–1981: Member, Technical Staff
- 1981–1987: Head, Solid State and Low Temperature Research Department
1972–1990: John Weeks
- 1972–1985: Member,Technical Staff, Mathematical Physics Research Department
- 1985–1990: Distinguished Member,Technical Staff, Mathematical Physics Research Department
1973–1982: Albert Clogston, Executive Director of Research, Physics and Academic Affairs Division
1973–1989: John Hopfield, Member, Technical Staff
1976–1987: Gerald Dolan, Member, Technical Staff
1976–1991: Shirley Ann Jackson, Member, Technical Staff
1977–1997: Horst Störmer
- 1977–1978: Consultant
- 1978–1983: Member, Technical Staff
- 1983–1991: Head, Department for Electronic and Optical Properties of Solids
- 1991–1997: Director, Physical Research Laboratory
1978–2004: Cherry Murray
- 1978–1985: Member, Technical Staff, Low Energy and Scattering Research
- 1985–1987: Distinguished Member, Technical Staff, Low Temperature Physics Research
- 1987–1990: Head, Solid State and Low Temperature Research Department
- 1990–1993: Head, Condensed Matter Physics Research Department
- 1993–1997: Head, Semiconductor Physics Research Department
- 1997–2000: Director, Physics Research
- 2000–2001: Vice President, Physical Sciences
- 2001–2004: Senior Vice President, Physical Sciences and Wireless Research
1978–2007: David Bishop
- 1978–1979: Postdoctoral Member, Technical Staff
- 1978–1988: Member, Technical Staff
- 1988–1996: Distinguished Member, Technical Staff and Department Head, Microstructural Physics Research
- 1996–2003: Distinguished Member, Technical Staff and Department Head, Micromechanics Research, Bell Laboratories
- 2003–2006: Fellow and Vice President, Nanotechnology Research, Bell Laboratories
- 2006–2007: President, Government Research and Security Solutions, Bell Laboratories
1978–present: Aron Pinczuk
- 1978–1996: Member, Technical Staff
- 1996–2006: Member, Technical Staff
- 2006–present: Member, Technical Staff
1979–1981: Robert Laughlin, Postdoctoral Member, Technical Staff
1979–1996: Robert Cava
- 1979–1985: Member, Technical Staff
- 1985–1996: Distinguished Member, Technical Staff
1980–1990: Philip Bucksbaum
- 1980–1982: Research Fellow
- 1982–1990: Member, Technical Staff, Physics Research Division
1980–2002: Yves Chabal
- 1980–1981: Postdoctroal Member, Technical Staff
- 1981–1996: Member to Distinguished Member, Technical Staff
- 1996–2002: Member to Distinguished Member, Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories
1981–1983: Peter D. Johnson, Member, Technical Staff
1981–1990: Daniel Chemla
- 1981–1983: Member, Technical Staff, Electronic Research Laboratory
- 1983–1990: Head, Quantum Physics and Electronics Research Department
1981–1995: Julia Phillips
- 1981–1988: Member, Technical Staff
- 1988–1995: Supervisor, Thin Films Research Group, Research Division
1981–2002: Krishnan Raghavachari
- 1981–1987: Member, Technical Staff
- 1987–2002: Distinguished Member, Technical Staff
1982–1984: Jerry Tersoff, Research Fellow
1982–1996: Gabriel Aeppli
- 1982–1993: Member, Technical Staff
- 1993–1996: Distinguished Member, Technical Staff
1983–1984: Laura Greene, Postdoctoral Member, Technical Staff
1983–1987: Steven Chu
- 1983–1987: Member, Technical Staff
- 1983–1987: Head, Quantum Electronics Research Division
1983–1996: James Eisenstein
- 1983–1985: Postdoctoral Member, Technical Staff
- 1985–1996: Member, Technical Staff
1983–2001: David Tank
- 1983–1983: Postdoctoral Member, Technical Staff
- 1983–1988: Member, Technical Staff
- 1988–1991: Distinguished Member, Technical Staff
- 1991–1996: Director, Biological Computation Research Department
- 1996–2001: Director, Biological Computation Research Department, Bell Laboratories
1984–1986: Donald Eigler, Member, Technical Staff
1984–1989: Albert Narath, Vice President
1985–1987: F. Duncan M. Haldane, Member, Technical Staff
1985–1987: Frances Hellman, Member, Technical Staff
1985–1995: Susan Coppersmith
- 1985–1986: Postdoctoral Member, Technical Staff
- 1987–1990: Member, Technical Staff
- 1990–1995: Distinguished Member, Technical Staff
1986–1988: A. Paul Alivisatos, Member, Technical Staff
1986–1996: Andrew Millis, Member, Technical Staff
1987–2001: William Brinkman
- 1987–1994: Executive Director, Physics Research Division
- 1994–1996: Vice President, Physical Sciences Research
- 1996–2000: Vice President, Physical Science Research
- 2000–2001: Vice President, Research
1988–2003: Eric Isaacs
- 1988–1990: Postdoctoral Member, Technical Staff
- 1990–1996: Member, Technical Staff
- 1996–2000: Member, Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories
- 2000–2001: Director, Materials Physics Research Department, Bell Laboratories
- 2001–2003: Director, Semiconductor Physics Department, Bell Laboratories
1989–present: Robert Willett
- 1989–1990: Postdoctoral Member, Technical Staff
- 1990–1996: Member, Technical Staff
- 1996–2006: Member, Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories
- 2006–present: Member, Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories

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