Facts: - fields: electrical engineering - death date: 19 september 2000 - workplaces: philco - birth date: 7 january 1913 - name: william e. bradley , jr. . - nationality: american - death place: new hope , pennsylvania , us - birth place: lansdowne , pennsylvania , us - alma mater: university of pennsylvania Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william e. bradley , jr. . .
william earle bradley , jr. -lrb- january 7 , 1913 -- september 19 , 2000 -rrb- was an american engineer and businessman who was the first president of the society for industrial and applied mathematics .he spent much of his career in research at philco .he also spent 10 years doing government work and founded a water-purification business .