Fellow Class of 1977

Following are the names and citations for the active members of the IEEE Class of 1977 listed alphabetically by last name. 

B

Morrel P Bachynski
for contributions to the fields of electromagnetic waves and plasmas

Ray Bartnikas
for contributions to the field of dielectric and corona loss mechanisms in electrical insulating systems

Edward Bedrosian
for contributions to the fields of nonlinear circuit analysis and communication systems

Theodore A Bickart
for contributions to theory and education in circuits and systems

C

Wai-Kai Chen (Life Fellow)
for contributions to graph and network theory

Jerome R Cox, Jr (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the application of computers to clinical medicine

D

Lawrence E Dickens (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the field of low-noise microwave mixers and parametric amplifiers

Mauro Di Domenico, Jr (Life Fellow)
for contributions to optoelectronic devices for optical fiber transmission systems

Richard W Dixon (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the theory and realization of acoustooptical modulators

E

Roger L Easton (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the development of navigation satellites and worldwide precise time transfer

H Allen Ecker (Life Fellow)
for contributions in the application of radar scattering analyses and measurements to radar discrimination

Carl G Eilers (Life Fellow)
for pioneering contributions to the FM stereophonic broadcasting systems

Thelma Estrin (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the design and application of computer systems for neurophysiological and brain research

F

Lewis E Franks (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the theory and applications of periodically variable networks and filters

Ivan T Frisch (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the development and application of network theory

G

Leonard L Garver (Life Fellow)
for development of advanced computer techniques in the solution of transmission expansion problems

Leslie A Geddes (Life Fellow)
for contributions to biomedical instrumentation, including techniques for measuring pulmonary function from the body's electrical impedance

Donald A Gillies (Life Fellow)
for contributions to high-voltage equipment reliability through evaluation and maintenance

Arthur W Guy (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the understanding of microwave interactions with living tissues, and to methods of tissue dosimetry in microwave irradiation

H

Dale E Hedman (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the development of solutions for wave propagation and electrical transients on extra-high-voltage transmission systems

David A Hodges (Life Fellow)
for design and evaluation of semiconductor integrated circuits, and for education in digital electronic circuits and devices

Martial A Honnell (Life Fellow)
for contributions to electrical engineering education and electronic instrumentation

J

Wasyl Janischewskyj (Life Fellow)
for contributions to power systems analysis long-distance transmission, and high-voltage corona research

Loering M Johnson (Life Fellow)
for contributions to nuclear power and to professional engineering practice

Frithiof V Johnson (Life Fellow)
for contributions in inertial sensors and avionics systems

Angel G Jordan (Life Fellow)
for educational leadership in the field of solid-state device research

Aravind K Joshi (Life Fellow)
for contributions to man-machine communication through work in natural language processing

K

Hisashi Kobayashi (Life Fellow)
for contributions to data transmission and to modeling and performance analysis of computer communication systems

Edward F Koncel, Jr (Life Fellow)
for innovations in technical and economic development of a major electric utility and for pioneering the computerized accounting of nuclear fuel

Ernest R Kretzmer (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the understanding of video signal transmission, and for leadership in the development of data communications systems

Aharon A Ksienski (Life Fellow)
for contributions to signal processing antennas

H John Kuno (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the field of solid-state generation and modulation of millimeter-wave signals

Alexander Kusko (Life Fellow)
for contributions to education in power electronics and to the application of solid-state power devices to industry

L

David A Landgrebe (Life Fellow)
for leadership in the application of remote sensing to enhance knowledge of the earth's resources

Bernard J Lechner (Life Fellow)
for contributions to flat panel displays and two-way cable television systems

M

Gabriel L Miller (Life Fellow)
for contributions to nuclear instrumentation and its innovation extension to measurements in other scientific fields

Masasuke Morita (Life Fellow)
for contributions to microwave communications and leadership in development, manufacture, and installation of radio communication systems

Bernard T Murphy (Life Fellow)
for contributions in the field of integrated circuits

N

Norris S Nahman (Life Fellow)
for contributions to time domain metrology

Josh T Nessmith, Jr (Life Fellow)
for leadership in and the technical management of radar systems engineering

O

Bunichi Oguchi (Life Fellow)
for technical contributions to microwave and millimeter-wave transmission and for leadership in the research and the development of telecommunication

Alan V Oppenheim (Life Fellow)
for contributions to digital signal processing and speech communications

P

Richard H Pantell (Life Fellow)
for contributions to electron devices and quantum electronics

Robert Plonsey (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the application of electromagnetic field theory to problems in electrocardiography and electrophysiology

Elijah Polak (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the theory and implementation of numerical algorithms optimal control and nonlinear programming

Walter E Proesbster (Life Fellow)
for contributions to and leadership in the development of computer components and systems

John G Puente (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the development of digital techniques and multiple access methods for satellite communications

S

Richard E Saeks (Life Fellow)
for contributions to circuit and system theory

Risaburo Sato (Life Fellow)
for contributions to transmission theory and engineering education

Ronald W Schafer (Life Fellow)
for contributions to digital signal processing and speech communication

William F Schreiber
for contributions to the understanding of image enhancement, and for the design of image processing and transmission systems

Hans W Schuessler
for contributions to the theory of analog and digital filters

Gerhard M Sessler (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the field of electroacoustic transducers, particularly the electret microphone

Simon M Sze (Life Fellow)
for contributions to semiconductor device research and to education

T

Theodor Tamir (Life Fellow)
for contributions to guided wave propagation, with application to electromagnetics, optics and acoustics

Barry N Taylor (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the understanding of electron tunneling in superconductors and for leadership in the development of Josephson junction voltage standards

Timothy N Trick (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the analysis of communication circuits and to engineering education

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Leslie L Vadasz (Life Fellow)
for leadership in the development of semiconductor memories and microcomputer components

Theodore Van Duzer (Life Fellow)
for contributions to superconducting devices and to engineering education

Victor A Van Lint (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the understanding of radiation effects and to the applications of this knowledge to improve the survivability of military and space systems

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Robert V Wachter (Life Fellow)
for leadership in the development and application of silicon power conversion equipment

John N Warfield (Life Fellow)
for contributions to system engineering, automatic computation, and engineering education

Charles B Wharton (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the understanding of plasma and to the development of plasma diagnostic techniques

Robert L White (Life Fellow)
for teaching and research in the fields of magnetic and optical properties of materials and of biomedical engineering

Gerald L Wilson (Life Fellow)
for contributions to electric power engineering education and to the understanding arc and noise phenomena in power systems

Robert O Winde (Life Fellow)r
for contributions to switching theory, computer structure, and microprocessor design and applications

Edward D Wolf (Life Fellow)
for contributions to scanning electronic beam diagnostic and microfabrication techniques

W Murray Wonham (Life Fellow)
for contributions to multivariable control system theory and design

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Frank S Young (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the engineering and management of laboratory facilities for underground transmission technology

Z

Jay N Zemel (Life Fellow)
for contributions to solid-state electronics and the development of IV- VI compound semiconductors for infrared photoconductive applications

Lars H Zetterberg (Life Fellow)
for contributions to communication theory and medical signal processing and to engineering education