# Source: BYU News — Harvey Fletcher Posthumous Grammy Award

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** High
**Source Type:** University Page
**URL:** https://news.byu.edu/news/byus-first-physics-grad-earns-posthumous-grammy-award
**Publisher:** Brigham Young University News
**Accessed:** 2026-06-19
**Updated:** 2026-06-19

## Summary

BYU News article covering the 2016 posthumous Technical Grammy Award given to Harvey Fletcher, describing his role as BYU's first physics graduate and summarizing his contributions to stereophonic sound and acoustics research at Bell Labs.

## Useful Claims

- Harvey Fletcher received a posthumous Technical Grammy Award in 2016.
- Fletcher was BYU's first physics graduate.
- Fletcher led acoustical research at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
- His work with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1931-1933 produced the first stereophonic recordings and live stereo transmission.
- Fletcher returned to BYU after his Bell Labs career and helped build its College of Physical and Engineering Sciences.

## Reliability Notes

BYU News is an institutional publication with editorial standards; it is a reliable secondary source for Fletcher's BYU connection and the Grammy recognition. As a university communications piece it is promotional in tone and should be cross-checked against primary Grammy citation documents and Bell Labs historical records for technical claims.

## Related Pages

- [Harvey Fletcher and Stereophonic Sound](harvey-fletcher-stereophonic-sound.md)