Joseph Lechleider


Joseph W. Lechleider was the inventor at the Bell [Telephone Company] of the DSL technology.
In 1992, Joseph Lechleider was elevated to the grade of IEEE fellow for contribution to the theory and practices of high-speed digital subscriber lines.

Early life

Lechleider attended Brooklyn [Technical High School] before earning his undergraduate degree from Cooper Union and a Ph.D. from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now part of the New [York University Tandon School of Engineering].