Question 1236: Hello, Mr. Engel!

After World War II, 'X', son of Ukranian immigrants, left the navy and began working at Teletype Corporation, a subsidiary of Western Electric. In 1950, he received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).In 1954 , he was hired by_______, and attended classes and studied at night. He went on to earn a master's degree in electrical engineering from IIT in 1957, and taught night school classes at the university.

In the 1960s, 'X' was instrumental in turning pagers from a technology used in single buildings to one that stretched across cities. 'X' helped fix a flaw in the quartz crystals that ________ made for its radios. This encouraged the company to mass-produce the first crystals for use in wrist watches. 'X' also worked on developing handheld police radios, made for the Chicago police department in 1967.

In the early 1970s, 'X' was put in charge of _______'s car phone division. But 'X' had a different vision. Thanks to years of research and development directed by 'X' and new technologies from all over the company, when the pressure was on, it took only 90 days in 1973 to create the first of a certain prototype, which was destined to become a rage in the years to come.

X? FIB. What am I talking about?

Answer: X is indeed Martin Cooper who invented the first prototype of a cell(mobile) phone at Motorola. He made the world's first handheld cellular phone call to rival Dr.Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.