USS Fessenden (DE-142)
She was named in honor of Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, born in Brome County, Quebec, Canada, 6 October 1866. He served as head chemist with Thomas Edison's East Orange, New Jersey, laboratories. In 1890 he began concentrating on electrical engineering, and through the next years made many important inventions and improvements in existing devices. His great contributions in the field of radio (particularly the invention of radio-telephony were of marked benefit not only to the Navy but to all seamen. He died 22 July 1932, at his home on Bermuda.
Fessenden Nott Otis
Fessenden Nott Otis (6 March 1825 – c. 1900) was a pioneer in the medical field of urology. He studied art in New York and was a teacher of drawing and perspective before entering medical school. Upon graduating in 1852, he served as ship's surgeon for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company from 1853-59.