Founder

• A native of Ghana who studied at Achimota Secondary School, Achimota, Ghana
• Taught at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana (1973~1974)
• Batchelor Chair Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology (2006 ~ Present, USA)
• Executive Vice President of Bell Laboratories (1974 ~ 2006)
• Inductee to the National Inventors Hall of Fame (2016)
• National Academy of Inventors’ Charter Fellow (2012, USA)
• IEEE Simon Ramo Medal for leadership in worldwide data communications networks (2007)
• Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2003, USA)
• IEEE Millennium Medal (2000)
• IEEE Fellow (1987) and Fellow of AT&T Bell Labs (1992)

A champion of the effort to bring fiber optic connectivity to West Africa –  African Coast to Europe (ACE) cable 

Dr. Lawrence was inducted to the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2016. NIHF said, “Victor Lawrence has improved transmission for the modern Internet, made high-speed connections more available, and stimulated the growth of the global Internet. His work has advanced data encoding and transmission, modem technology, silicon chip design, ATM switching and protocols, DSL, speech and audio coding, and digital video.”