death_place death_date birth_place awards fields birth_date article_title name alma_mater
north reading , massachusetts 1 december 2002 springfield , massachusetts ieee edison medal -lrb- 1981 -rrb- electrical engineering 16 december 1914 c. chapin cutler
 cassius chapin cutler worcester polytechnic institute
c. chapin cutler

cassius chapin cutler -lrb- december 16 , 1914 -- december 1 , 2002 -rrb- was an american electrical engineer at bell labs .
his notable achievements include the invention of the corrugated waveguide and differential pulse-code modulation -lrb- dpcm -rrb- .
