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Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories (RAL), (often referred to as Riverbank or Riverbank Labs), is a NVLAP accredited acoustical testing agency founded by George Fabyan in 1913. [1] [independent source needed] The testing service remains a highly respected source of independent acoustical materials testing.
The National Security Agency has recognized Riverbank Laboratories as the birthplace of U.S. cryptology, and honored Fabyan in 1992 with a plaque reading "To the Memory of George Fabyan From a Grateful Government: In recognition of the voluntary and confidential service rendered by Colonel Fabyan and his Riverbank Laboratories in the sensitive ...
Elizebeth Smith began working at Riverbank Laboratories in Geneva, Illinois, in 1916. It was one of the first facilities in the U.S. established to study cryptography. [9]: 371 Colonel George Fabyan, a wealthy textile merchant, owned Riverbank Laboratories and was interested in Shakespeare.
Inscription by William Friedman in the Marshall Library’s copy of the Riverbank Publications 15-22. [1] The Riverbank Publications is a series of pamphlets written by the people who worked for millionaire George Fabyan in the multi-discipline research facility he built in the early 20th century near Chicago. They were published by Fabyan ...
Friedman was a geneticist who developed his expertise in cryptology at George Fabyan's Riverbank Laboratories Cipher Department during 1915 to 1917, prior to World War I. [4] Besides breaking foreign codes, [5] they were responsible for just about anything to do with the U.S. Department of War's code systems. The SIS initially worked on an ...
William and Elizebeth Friedman, recently married, at Riverbank in 1917 Riverbank Laboratories. Another of Fabyan's pet projects was research into secret messages which Sir Francis Bacon had allegedly hidden in various texts during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. The research was carried out by Elizabeth Wells Gallup.
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Some American cryptography in World War I was done at the Riverbank Laboratories, Chicago, which was privately owned by Colonel George Fabyan. Elizebeth Friedman, William F. Friedman and Agnes Meyer Driscoll worked there. The US Navy used the cryptographic code A-1.