Lee de Forest, Athens Greece 1956
a small piece of history
Dr Lee de Forest visited Athens Greece in October 1956 as a special guest of Costas Karayannis owner of "Radio Karayannis" one of the first Greek firms specialized in electronics. Lee de Forest at 85 was already a well known personality in the field of electronics as the inventor of "Audion" the first triode electron tube. An event was organized during this visit at hotel Grande Bretagne attended by many leaders from the radio and electronics industries as well as academics.
(Oct 1956, from left to right Le De Forest, Costas Karayannis, Panagiotis Politis)
(*) Once more I would like to express my gratitude to Mr Takis Politis for this historical document.
