Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin Pupin around 1890 Born (1858-10-04)4 October 1858 village of Idvor in Banat, Military Frontier, Austrian Empire (now in Serbia) Died 12 March 1935(1935-03-12) (aged 76) New York City, New York, USA Nationality Serbian Citizenship Serbian, American Alma mater Columbia College Known for Long-distance telephone communication Awards Elliott Cresson Medal (1905) IEEE Medal of Honor (1924)[1] Edison Medal[2] (1920) Pulitzer Prize (1924) John Fritz Medal (1932) Scientific career Fields Physics, Invention Doctoral students Robert Andrews Millikan, Edwin Howard Armstrong Signature