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Fletcher was born in Provo , Utah , and was educated at Brigham Young University (BYU). As a graduate student, his dissertation research was the now famous Millikan Oil Drop Experiment to measure the charge of the Electron . He carried this out under the direction of Robert Millikan . Millikan went on to win the 1923 Nobel Prize For Physics , in part for this work. Fletcher is sometimes known as "the father of Stereophonic Sound ", but this is inaccurate. His technique relied on spaced pairs of microphones. Modern stereo, based primarily on coincident techniques, was conceived by Alan Blumlein of EMI at about the same time and aimed to overcome the deficiencies in Fletcher's method. Blumlein applied for the key patent in this field in 1931. Fletcher was the Founding Dean of the BYU College of Engineering. He died on July 23 , 1981 , after a Stroke {Link without Title} . EXTERNAL LINKS
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