Background
Karapetoff, Vladimir was born on January 8, 1876 in Saint St. Petersburg, Russia. Son of Nikita Ivanovitch and Anna Joakimovna (Ivanova) Karapetoff.
Karapetoff, Vladimir was born on January 8, 1876 in Saint St. Petersburg, Russia. Son of Nikita Ivanovitch and Anna Joakimovna (Ivanova) Karapetoff.
Civil Engineer, Institute of Ways of Communication, Saint St. Petersburg, 1897, Master of Mechanical Engineering, 1902. Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, Germany, 1899-1900. Honorary Museum Doctor, New York College of Music, 1934.
Honorary Doctor of Science, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1937.
Consulting engineer for Russian Government, and instructor electrical engineering and hydraulics in 3 colleges, Saint St. Petersburg, 1897-1902. Special engineering apprentice with Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, East. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1903-1904. Professor electrical engineering Cornell Univercity, 1904-1939.
Professor emeritus since 1939.
Visiting professor for graduate students, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1930-1932. Lecturer Stevens Institute Technology, 1939-1940.
Consultant engineer and patent expert to various enterprises. With J. G. White & Company, Incorporated., engineers and contractors, 1911-1912.
Inventor and patentee of several electrical devices and of five-stringed cello.
Member of the board of trustees, Ithaca College, 1932-1939, chairman, 1933-1936. Member of the United States Naval Institute, United States Naval Reserve Officers’ Association, International Jury Awards, Panama Philippine Islands Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Member of advisory board United States Naval Academy, 1916.
Christian.
Fellow American Institute of Elctrical Engineering, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society. Member American Association University professors (charter), American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association America, Franklin Institute, Sigma Xi. Member Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Mu Alpha (Sinfonia), Theta Xi.
Married Frances Lulu Gillmor, August 2, 1904 (died 1931). Married second, Rosalie Margaret Cobb, November 25, 1936.