Marian R. Croak

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Early life

Marian R. Croak was born May 14, 1955 in New York. She lived in NY for most of her life. While living in NY, her family would have multiple people coming in their house fixing its problems. While she watched them work she became mesmerized by their process and abilities to solve problems. She decided that when she grew up she wants to be a problem solver and help make people's lives easier. She said that her roles models when growing up was her high school math and science teachers and her dad. Her dad was one of her biggest supporters and built her a chemistry set for their house.

Croak went to Princeton University as an undergrade and finished her studies at University of Southern California through getting a PhD in social psychology and quantitative analysis.

Marian Croak- Voice over Internet Protocols. Lemelson-MIT, lemelson.mit.edu/resources/marian-croak. Accessed 8 Apr. 2022.

Work Life

Marian R. Croak worked with voice and data communication for AT&T Bell Laboratories. During her research she created Voice Over Internet Protocols (VoIP). Croak is most famous for VoIP. This technology changes your voice into a digital signal for your device allowing you to make phone calls. She also developed a better technology for cellular phones to have voice texting. This was very useful and quicker for users all over the world. However, Marian Croak did not stop there, she went on to invent a system where people can make donations to organizations through texts. This made it easier for followers to donate to their organizations in order to aid their cause.

Marian Croak is very successful and has an impressive number of over 200 patents. Today she is still researching and looking for ways technology can better our society

MarianRRoak2 Marian Croak- Voice over Internet Protocols. Lemelson-MIT, lemelson.mit.edu/resources/marian-croak. Accessed 8 Apr. 2022.

Video

Change for the Greater Good: The Marian Croak Story

This is a video that the National Iventors Hall of Fame made for Marian Croak. This video Marian R Croak talks about her inspriation and drive to help the community.

"Dr. Marian R. Croak, Senior VP of Applications and Services Infrastructure, AT&T Labs, 2013." YouTube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lnqo-bVG7o. Accessed 11 Apr. 2022.

Recognition