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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS This PDF is available at http://nap.edu/12734 SHARE Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 DETAILS 338 pages | 6 x 9 | HARDBACK ISBN 978-0-309-14225-0 | DOI 10.17226/12734 CONTRIBUTORS GET THIS BOOK National Academy of Engineering FIND RELATED TITLES Visit the National Academies Press at NAP.edu and login or register to get: – Access to free PDF downloads of thousands of scientific reports – 10% off the price of print titles – Email or social media notifications of new titles related to your interests – Special offers and discounts Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the National Academies Press. (Request Permission) Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 Memorial Tributes NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FFrontront MMatter.inddatter.indd i 33/23/10/23/10 33:40:26:40:26 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 FFrontront MMatter.inddatter.indd iiii 33/23/10/23/10 33:40:27:40:27 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Memorial Tributes Volume 13 THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington, D.C. 2010 FFrontront MMatter.inddatter.indd iiiiii 33/23/10/23/10 33:40:27:40:27 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-309-14225-0 International Standard Book Number-10: 0-309-14225-3 Additional copies of this publication are available from: The National Academies Press 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Lockbox 285 Washington, D.C. 20055 800–624–6242 or 202–334–3313 (in the Washington metropolitan area) http://www.nap.edu Copyright 2010 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America FFrontront MMatter.inddatter.indd iivv 33/23/10/23/10 33:40:27:40:27 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 CONTENTS FOREWORD, xiii M. ROBERT AARON, 3 by Sanjit K. Mitra MALCOLM J. ABZUG, 9 by Robert F. Stengel Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary LAURENCE J. ADAMS, 15 by Albert Westwood OLIVER C. BOILEAU, 23 by Kent Kresa WILLIAM M. BROWN, 29 by (Floyd) Paul Johnson and Ed Zelnio Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary SIR ARTHUR CHARLES CLARKE, 35 by Hans Mark v FFrontront MMatter.inddatter.indd v 33/23/10/23/10 33:40:27:40:27 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 vi CONTENTS STEVEN F. CLIFFORD, 41 by Richard G. Strauch C. ALLIN CORNELL, 45 by Robin K. McGuire, Ross B. Corotis, and Gregory B. Baecher JACOB HENRICK DOUMA, 51 by Martin Reuss Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary PETER ELIAS, 57 by Robert Gallager Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary LLOYD EDWIN ELKINS, SR., 63 by Hossein Kazemi FREDERICK J. ELLERT, 69 by Glenn Breuer, Dale Swann, and Clara K. Ellert Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary BEN C. GERWICK, JR., 75 by Robert B. Bittner Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary GENE H. GOLUB, 81 by Cleve Moler CHARLES DAVID GRESKOVICH, 85 by David W. Johnson and Maria Greskovich ABRAHAM HERTZBERG, 91 by Robert G. Loewy FFrontront MMatter.inddatter.indd vvii 33/23/10/23/10 33:40:27:40:27 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 CONTENTS vii C. LESTER HOGAN, 97 by David Hodges and Ernest Kuh JOHN K. HULM, 101 by John W. Coltman F. KENNETH IVERSON, 107 By Merton C. Flemings DAVID N. KENNEDY, 111 by Jerome B. Gilbert PHILIP E. LAMOREAUX, SR., 117 by James K. Mitchell WILLIAM S. LEE, 123 by Roberta Bowman and Lynne Holmes Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary TUNG-YEN LIN, 129 by Karl S. Pister, Alexander C. Scordelis, and Edward L. Wilson ARTHUR SCOTT LODGE, 135 by R. Byron Bird, A. Jeffrey Giacomin, and David S. Malkus CHARLES SEDWICK MATTHEWS, 141 by George L. Stegemeier DWIGHT FOX METZLER, 147 by Stanley T. Rolfe and Ross E. McKinney HARRY O. MONSON, 155 by Julius D. Geier, Leonard J. Koch, Donald E. Lutz, Leonard Monson, Ralph W. Seidensticker, and Wallace R. Simmons FFrontront MMatter.inddatter.indd vviiii 33/23/10/23/10 33:40:27:40:27 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 viii CONTENTS JOSEPH B. MOORE, 161 by Bernard L. Koff JAMES HENRY MULLIGAN, JR., 167 by William W. Lang FRANK REGINALD NUNES NABARRO, 173 by Ali S. Argon DANIEL A. OKUN, 179 by Philip C. Singer RUSSELL RICHARD O’NEILL, 185 by Vijay K. Dhir ANTONI K. OPPENHEIM, 191 by Robert F. Sawyer JOHN R. PIERCE, 195 by Edward E. David EBERHARDT RECHTIN, 199 by Wanda M. Austin CHARLES E. REED, 205 by William F. Banholzer ROBERT CLARK REID, 211 by P. L. Thibaut Brian KENNETH J. RICHARDS, 217 by J. Brent Hiskey JOSEPH G. RICHARDSON, 221 by Michael Prats FFrontront MMatter.inddatter.indd vviiiiii 33/23/10/23/10 33:40:27:40:27 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 CONTENTS ix HUNTER ROUSE, 227 by Cornelia F. Mutel and Robert Ettema Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary MARIO G. SALVADORI, 233 by Matthys P. Levy WOLFGANG SCHMIDT, 239 by Earll Murman and Antony Jameson ALEXANDER C. SCORDELIS, 245 by John E. Breen RONALD FRASER SCOTT, 251 by Paul C. Jennings and Pamela J. Scott ROBERT C. SEAMANS, JR., 259 by Sheila E. Widnall HERMAN E. SHEETS, 265 by Steve Levinson Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary JOHN B. SKILLING, 273 by William J. Bain, Jr. Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary J. EDWARD SNYDER, JR., 279 by Robert A. Frosch GEORGE F. SOWERS, 285 by Paul W. Mayne and Bruce R. Ellingwood PETER STAUDHAMMER, 291 by Gerard W. Elverum FFrontront MMatter.inddatter.indd iixx 33/23/10/23/10 33:40:27:40:27 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 x CONTENTS JAN VAN SCHILFGAARDE, 297 by Marvin E. Jenson, Ernest T. Smerdon, and William E. Splinter MACELWYN VAN VALKENBURG, 305 by Timothy N. Trick Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary ROY F. WESTON, 311 by Anastasia Bamihos Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary FUMITAKE YOSHIDA, 317 by R. Byron Bird and Edwin N. Lightfoot APPENDIX, 323 FFrontront MMatter.inddatter.indd x 33/23/10/23/10 33:40:27:40:27 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 CONTENTS FFrontront MMatter.inddatter.indd xxii 33/23/10/23/10 33:40:27:40:27 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 FFrontront MMatter.inddatter.indd xxiiii 33/23/10/23/10 33:40:27:40:27 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 CONTENTS FOREWORD THIS IS THE THIRTEENTH VOLUME in the series of Memorial Tributes compiled by the National Academy of Engineering as a personal remembrance of the lives and outstanding achievements of its members and foreign associates. These volumes are intended to stand as an enduring record of the many contributions of engineers and engineering to the benefit of humankind. In most cases, the authors of the tributes are contemporaries or colleagues who had personal knowledge of the interests and the engineering accomplishments of the deceased. Through its members and foreign associates, the Academy carries out the responsibilities for which it was established in 1964. Under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering was formed as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. Members are elected on the basis of significant contributions to engineering theory and practice and to the literature of engineering or on the basis of demonstrated unusual accomplishments in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology. The National Academies share a responsibility to advise the federal government on matters of science and technology. The expertise and credibility that the National Academy of Engineering brings to that task stem directly from the abilities, interests, and achievements of our members and foreign associates, our colleagues and friends, whose special gifts we remember in these pages. Thomas F. Budinger Home Secretary xiii FFrontront MMatter.inddatter.indd xxiiiiii 33/23/10/23/10 33:40:27:40:27 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 FFrontront MMatter.inddatter.indd xxiviv 33/23/10/23/10 33:40:27:40:27 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 Memorial Tributes NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FFinalinal TTributeribute VVolol 113.indd3.indd 1 33/23/10/23/10 33:42:01:42:01 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 FFinalinal TTributeribute VVolol 113.indd3.indd 2 33/23/10/23/10 33:42:02:42:02 PMPM Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 13 M. ROBERT AARON 1922–2007 Elected in 1979 “For contributions to design tools and systems concepts essential for the realization of digital communications on the telephone network.” BY SANJIT K. MITRA M. ROBERT AARON, a key contributor to the design of the T1 carrier system, the fi rst practical digital system in the world designed for the exchange telephone plant, died on June 16, 2007, at his home in West Palm Beach, Florida, at the age of 84.