Joseph Lechleider

{{Short description|American inventor}}

Joseph W. Lechleider (22 February 1933, Brooklyn – 18 April 2015) was the inventor at the Bell Telephone Company of the DSL (digital subscriber line) technology.{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/04/technology/joseph-lechleider-a-father-of-the-dsl-internet-technology-dies-at-82.html |title = Joseph Lechleider, a Father of the DSL Internet Technology, Dies at 82|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 4 May 2015|last1 = Lohr|first1 = Steve}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4437444.ece|title=Joseph Lechleider|work=The Times}}

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.

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url=https://www.comsoc.org/membership/ieee-fellows/1992|

title = IEEE Fellows 1992 | IEEE Communications Society}}