musical instruments so that the production of the first Baldwin electronic organs had to wait
until 1946.
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- Kock (1953), op. cit., p. 53–55.
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Shortly after the United States entered the Second World War Kock left
Baldwin and in 1942 joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories to pursue
research applicable to military purposes, mainly on fire control radar for the
Navy.24
In 1951 he became Director of Acoustics Research at Bell and in 1955 Director of Audio
and Video Research. During his years at Bell Kock was also engaged in underwater
sound projects. He was a member of the Hartwell Committee for the Office of Naval
Research developing technologies for anti-submarine warfare and, in a similar capacity,
did advisory work for the British Admiralty.
Kock’s interest in submarine detection was one of the reasons why he left Bell and
joined the Bendix Corporation in 1956. Bendix was a pioneer in sonar research
and also manufactured torpedo and undersea missile control systems. In 1958
he became director and general manager of the Bendix Research Laboratory
Division and was made Vice-President of Research in 1962. During his time at
Bendix he participated in the development of an important anti-submarine device
called ‘dunked’ sonar, in which helicopters lowered the sonar listening unit
into the sea to spot enemy submarines. Kock also headed the Anti-Submarine
Warfare Committee of the National Industrial Security Association. Other
fields in which he became
