Dominick, Peter H. (Peter Hoyt), 1915-1981
Person
Biography
Peter Hoyt Dominick, b. July 7, 1915 Stamford, Connecticut, d. March 18, 1981 Hobe Sound, Florida. Colorado attorney, Member of Congress, Senator
Biography
Republican Senator from Colorado along with Democrat Senator Frank Church from Idaho, conduct a workshop at DU (1964).
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Representative Peter H. Dominick receives a briefing on the latest advances in telecommunications satellite technologies in the hearing room of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee in 1962, 1962
Item
Identifier: M085.09.0186.0025.00001
Abstract
Congressman Dominick (R-Colo.) listens as an unidentified telecommunications company executive reviews details of a global satellite communications system following hearings before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Congress passed the Communications Satellite Act in 1962, which created the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT). COMSAT used artificial satellites to establish a commercial system of global communication.
Dates:
1962
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- Subject: Artificial satellite in telecommuniation X