Fellow Class of 1972

Following are the names and citations for the active members of the IEEE Class of 1972 listed alphabetically by last name. 

A

John L Allen
for contributions to array antenna theory and radar systems development

B

Lionel O Barthold
for contributions to EHV and UHV technology

George Albert Bekey
for contributions in the areas of hybrid computation, man-machine systems, and biomedical engineering

Elwyn R Berlekamp
for contributions to information theory, particularly in the field of algebraic coding

Don A Berlincourt
for development and characterization of new piezo-electric materials that have major impact on transducer and wave filter technology

Gerrit A Blaauw
for contributions to computer architecture, particularly for demonstrations of the distinction among the architecture, implementation, and realization of computing systems

Victor W Bolie
for contributions to bio-medical engineering education

Amar G Bose
for contributions to loudspeaker design, two-state amplifier-modulators, and nonlinear systems

Eli Brookner
for contributions to radar signal processing and wave propagation in random media

C

Robert E Collin (Life Fellow)
for contributions to microwave engineering and to education

Frederick W Crawford (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the understanding of wave and instability phenomena in plasmas

D

Bernard C De Loach, Jr (Life Fellow)
for contributions to solid-state microwave power sources

F

Julian Forster (Life Fellow)
for contributions to instrumentation and control systems for nuclear power plants

G

Paul E Gray (Life Fellow)
for contributions to solid-state electronics and engineering education

H

George I Haddad (Life Fellow)
for contributions to solid-state and quantum electronic devices and engineering education

James A Hall
for contributions to the development of cathode ray tubes and television camera tubes

Charles E Haller (Life Fellow)
for contributions to engineering management and the use of computer technology in international communications

John C Hancock (Life Fellow)
for contributions to engineering education and the field of communications through research, teaching, and administration

Stephen E Harris (Life Fellow)
for contributions in lasers, nonlinear optics, optical parametric devices, and acousto-optics

Watts S Humphrey (Life Fellow)
for his contributions to the development of specialized digital computers and communications systems for military application and leadership in the area of advanced computer programming

I

Nejat A Ince (Life Fellow)
for technical contributions and pioneering leadership in the development of international communication systems

K

Laveen N Kanal (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the theory of statistical pattern classification

Franklin F Kuo (Life Fellow)
for contributions to computer-aided design and engineering education

L

Martin P Lepselter (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the advancement of transistor and integrated circuit arts

John B Lewis (Life Fellow)
for contributions to sampled data control systems, optimal control, and digital and hybrid simulation

Bede Liu (Life Fellow)
for contributions to discrete-time signal and system theory and engineering education

Robert D Lohman (Life Fellow)
for contributions to transistor technology applied to television and computers

Robert W Lucky (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the theory and practice of data communications

M

Bernard S Morgan, Jr (Life Fellow)
for contributions to aerospace research and development programs

N

Robert W Newcomb (Life Fellow)
for contributions to network synthesis, time-varying systems, and engineering education

P

Paul Penfield, Jr (Life Fellow)
for contributions to varactor theory and to the electrodynamics theory of moving media

William R Perkins (Life Fellow)
for contributions to sensitivity and feedback control theory

Emerson W Pugh (Life Fellow)
for contributions to information storage technology for digital computers

R

Gerald F Ross
for his contributions in the field of picosecond pulse technology and its applications to microwave-distributed network theory and high-resolution electromagnetic sensors

S

Thomas B Senior (Life Fellow)
for his contributions and leadership in studies of diffraction and propagation of electromagnetic waves

Friedolf M Smits (Life Fellow)
for contributions and leadership in semiconductor devices development

William J Spencer (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the theory and development of piezoelectric devices for communication systems

Thomas E Stern (Life Fellow)
for contributions to nonlinear network theory and engineering education

Robert S Symons (Life Fellow)
for development of super-power klystrons and hybrid amplifiers

George Szentirmai (Life Fellow)
for contributions to filter design techniques

T

Hugo E Thiemann (Life Fellow)
for contributions to projection television and leadership in electronic research and development

W

John B Walsh (Life Fellow)
for contributions to radar theory, missile guidance, and electronics research

Hitoshi Watanabe (Life Fellow)
for contributions to filter design, computer-aided circuit theory, and application

Richard M White (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the discovery and applications of surface elasic waves

Charles J. Wylie (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the design of economical power generation and to formulation of nuclear standards for the electric power industry