Background
Witt, August Ferdinand was born in 1931 in Innsbruck, Austria, SCIENCE/ENGINEERING0.
Witt, August Ferdinand was born in 1931 in Innsbruck, Austria, SCIENCE/ENGINEERING0.
Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, University Innsbruck, 1959.
Member of staff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1960; professor materials science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972-1990; TDK professor materials science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990-1993; Ford professor engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1993. Chairman electonic materials working group National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1982-1989. Past chairman National Materials Advisory Board Committee on Preparation of Ultra-High Purity, Low Borob Silicon, Gordon Research Conference on Semiconductor Crystal Growth.
Member American Association for Crystal Growth (executive committee, president 1975-1981), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Married; three children.