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Biography
I was born on August 20, 1916 in Chicago, IL. My
parents moved to New York City in 1919 and my grade school years
were spent there. In 1930, my parents moved to Beverly
Hills. California has been my legal residence ever since.
I attended Beverly Hills High School, graduating in spring
1934. That fall I entered Stanford. My stay there was short - one
quarter. In the fall of 1935, I entered the California Institute of
Technology and graduated 1939 with B.S. in engineering. I
continued at CalTech in fall 1939, receiving my masters in
electrical engineering in June 1940.
During that summer, I was accepted as an Army Air Force Cadet for training
in meteorology. This training was also at CalTech. In
the spring of 1941, I received another bachelors degree in meteorology
and was commissioned as a Second Leutienent.
My first assignment was at Randolph Field, Texas. My job was teaching
meteorology to cadets being trained as pilots. This was my
introduction to teaching. After about one year in Texas, I was
suddenly assigned to duty at the Signal Corps Laboratory at
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
Someone had noticed my electrical engineering background
and decided that I might be useful in following the evolution
of radar and other electronic technology which might be
useful in the area of weather observations. I spent the rest of
the war years there until my release from active duty in
April 1946.
During my years at Fort Monmouth, I met my wife,
Mary Allen Winchell, who was a WAC officer. We were
married January 7, 1945. Last January, we celebrated our 50th
anniversary.
Upon my release from active duty, we returned to California.
The first job I was able to obtain was as an instructor in
electrical engineering at USC. There I met Dr. Robert
Vivian. I remained there for two years.
I attended Stanford again to update my education. After one year of
financial pressures (we had two children by then), I took
another job with a small company related to
electronics in weather. After about one year, I left to return to
Los Angeles to take a job in sales engineering. The company was a division
of the Garrett Corporation which is now a subsidiary of Allied Signal. I
remained there for five
years. At that point, I decided that college teaching was more
to my liking.
In February 1957, I returned to USC as an Assistant Professor. Dr.
Vivian was still Dean and my association with him was
renewed. I remained at USC until 1961 when I came to Long Beach State.
Several of my friends and faculty associates followed Dr. Vivian.
My move to Long Beach State turned out to be a wise and
rewarding decision for me. I remained there until my
retirement in 1980. I was definitely a part of the growth and development of
the
School of Engineering. There were many outstanding individuals with
whom I worked and will never forget. Besides Dr. Vivian,
to name a few, I include Rod Lewis, Herluf Neilsen, Hillar Unt, Carl Neidengard, Walter
Arnell, Willard Reed and
Richard Potter. Everything considered, my years at CSULB
made a fine conclusion to my working years.
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