Fellow Class of 1979

Following are the names and citations for the active members of the IEEE Class of 1979 listed alphabetically by last name. 

A

Dietrich A Alsberg (Life Fellow)
for the development of low-loss millimeter waveguides and techniques of their electrical measurement

Saul Aronow
for contributions to nuclear medical instrumentation and for innovative leadership in establishing clinical engineering in hospitals

Karl Johan Astrom (Life Fellow)
for comprehensive contributions to stochastic control theory

B

Baruch Berman
for contributions to solid-state power converter technology

Francis T Boesh
for contributions to the application of network theory to invulnerable communication nets

Giorgio V Borgiotti
for the development of Fourier transform modal methods for analysis of phased-array antennas

Henry C Bourne, Jr.
for contributions to the theory and application of magnetic thin films and magnetic amplifiers and to electrical engineering education

C

Paul H Carr (Life Fellow)
for contributions to microwave acoustics and their use as signal-processing components

David P Casasent (Life Fellow)
for theoretical and engineering contributions to coherent optical data processing

Paul M Chirlian (Life Fellow)
for contributions to engineering education through the writing of innovative engineering textbooks

Donald C Cox (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the understanding of radio propagation effects in mobile telephone and satellite communications systems

D

Mat Darveniza (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the engineering analysis of lightning effects on electric power transmission systems

Edward Della Torre (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the theory of magnetic devices and to the teaching of electromagnetic field theory

James F Dickson, III (Life Fellow)
for leadership in the application of engineering science to biomedical research and development and the delivery of health care

Hermann W Dommel (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the development and application of digital computer programs
for the analysis of complex electric systems network problems

Irwin Dorros (Life Fellow)
for the management of engineering projects associated with integrated nationwide telecommunications

Ira Dyer (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the science of acoustics and its applications and for distinguished academic leadership in advancing oceanic engineering applications

E

F

Charles Freed (Life Fellow)
for contributions to gas lasers and the pioneering development of ultrastable lasers

Keinosuke Fukunaga (Life Fellow)
for contributions to statistical pattern recognition

G

Om P Gandhi (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the understanding of nonionizing radiation effects,
to the development of electron devices, and to engineering education

Lester A Gerhardt (Life Fellow)
for research in digital signal processing, communications and adaptive systems, and pattern recognition,
and for leadership in engineering education

Elmer G Gilbert (Life Fellow)
for contributions to multivariable and optimal control systems

James E Goell (Life Fellow)
for technical contributions and leadership in the fields of optical fibers, integrated optical circuits, and millimeter waveguides

Kenneth W Goff (Life Fellow)
for technical contributions to and leadership in the design and development of hardware
and software for digital computer-based process-control systems

Alan B Grebene (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the development of monolithic linear integrated circuits
and leadership in engineering administration and management

Arthur H Guenther (Life Fellow)
for contributions to high-power laser technology and pulsed-power engineering

H

Henry P Hall (Life Fellow)
for contributions to electrical measurement technology, including the development of impedance bridges and standards,
and the application of microprocessors to impedance measurements

Michael Hamid (Life Fellow)
for contributions to electromagnetic scattering and diffraction
and development of dielectric-loaded waveguides, resonators, and antennas

Robert Harger (Life Fellow)
for contributions to radar systems, including synthetic aperture and harmonic radar,
to optical communication theory, and to graduate and continuing education

Thomas J Harrison (Life Fellow)
for contributions to computer system for use in process-control applications
and to the development of standards for process-control computer systems

Akira Hasegawa (Life Fellow)
for contributions to linear and nonlinear wave dynamics in laboratory
and space plasmas, to nonlinear optics, and to nonlinear fluid dynamics

Walter Heywang (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the development of semiconductor and piezoelectric materials and devices

Stanley H Horowitz (Life Fellow)
for contributions to power-system integrity through protective relaying
and to education through industry/education research programs

Robert W House (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the logical design of computers

Thomas S Huang (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the theory and application of image processing and digital filtering

K

Stephen J Kahne
for contributions to systems engineering and engineering education

Charles K Kao
for contributions to the practical use of optical waveguides for communications

Elmer F Kaprielian
for leadership and management of power-system operations

Kurt Katzeff
for leadership in the development of telecommunications switching systems

Edwin Lee Key
for contributions to the theory of modern radar and leadership in the development of military electronic systems

Granino A. Korn
for technical contributions to the field of computer simulation and to electrical engineering education

Frank Werner Kussy
for leadership in the development and application of advanced devices and protection systems for motor control

L

Charles A Liechti
for contributions to the development of gallium-arsenid field-effect transistors, microwave amplifiers,
and gallium-arsenide digital integrated circuits

Ming-Lei Liou
for contributions to the application of analysis and computer-aided design t
o communications circuits and systems

Henry E Lokay, Jr
for contributions to new methods of the simulation of t
urbine generators, power-system dynamics, and distribution engineering

M

Alfred Urquhart Mac Rae
for leadership in the development of ion implantation technology
and its application to semiconductor device fabrication

John C Mc Donald
for contributions to and leadership in the design of integrated digital transmission and switching systems

James C Mc Groddy
for contributions to the understanding of nonequilbrium transport and optical properties of semiconductors

Kenneth K Mei
for contributions to the research and application of computer methods to electromagnetic theory

Sanjoy K Mitter
for contributions to optimization computation and control theory

John Barratt Moore
for contributions to optimal estimation and control and leadership in electrical engineering education

N

Yukio Nakagome
for contributions to electronics-communications switching systems and digital signal transmission

Kumpati Subrahmanya Narendra
for contributions to stability theory and its application to adaptive control systems

O

Morio Onoe
for contributions to the understanding of piezoelectric phenomena and the development of piezoelectric filters

P

Willard T Patton
for contributions to the development of phased-array antenna technology

Theodosios Pavlidis
for contributions to the theory and application of pattern recognition

James Boyd Pearson, Jr
for contributions to the theory of multivariable control systems

Morton B Prince
for contributions to semiconductor devices and leadership in the development of the silicon solar cell

Robert A. Pucel
for contributions to the modeling of microwave solid-state devices and leadership in their application

S

L Schenker
for contributions to Touch-Tone telephone signaling systems

Harold N Scherer, Jr
for leadership in the design and operation of ultrahigh-voltage power transmission systems

Hans J Schmitt
for contributions to the field of microwave physics and techniques

Martin L Shooman
for contributions to the field of reliability engineering

William W Shrader
for contributions to the theory of radar systems and moving-target indication techniques

A Lan  Simmons
for contributions to the development of microwave and millimeter-wave components and antennas

John W Skooglund
for contributions to the analysis of power systems stability and the development of generator excitation systems

Edward H Snow
for contributions to the theoretical understanding and analysis of MOS instabilities

T

L S Taylor
for contributions to the theory and application of electromagnetic scattering by turbulent media

U

Werner Ulrich
for contributions to the development of telephone electronic switching systems

Z

Leo E Zegers
for contributions to error correction, jitter reduction, and synchronization in data transmission

Neal Zierler
for the application of finite mathematics to the design and analysis of communication systems,
including error-correcting-codes and cryptology