Background
Amith, Avraham was born on March 16, 1929 in Przemysl, Poland. Son of Zvi and Miriam (Rebhan) Amith. came to the United States, 1949.
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Avraham Amith
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Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with honors, University of Michigan, 1951; Master of Arts in Physics, Harvard, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Physics, Harvard, 1961.
Career
Member technical staff, Radio Corporation of America Labs, 1956-1970;
visiting professor physics, CUNY, 1971-1972;
Adjunct Professor, CUNY, 1972-1974;
senior engineer, group leader, Radio Corporation of America Thermoelectric Operations, 1972-1974;
senior scientist, program manager, Institute Energy Conversion U. Delaware, 1974-1976;
professor, senior scientist, Elec. Engineering department Princeton University, 1976-1978;
manager materials and devices laboratory, ITT-EOPD, Roanoke, Virginia, 1978-1982;
manager optical and opto-electronics component development, ITT-EOPD, Roanoke, Virginia, 1982-1987;
technical staff, ITT-EOPD, Roanoke, Virginia, 1987-1989;
senior science fellow, ITT-EOPD, Roanoke, Virginia, 1989-1994. Member of advisory board Institute for Nonstructured Materials, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1990.
Adjunct Professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, since 1991. Chief operating officer CERAM-VA Inc., 1994-1995. President Amtech Engineering Corporation, since 1995.
Achievements
Membership
President Lawrenceville (New Jersey) Housing Group, 1960-1962, School Board Princeton(New Jersey) Jewish Center, 1967-1969, trustee 1966-1970. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Physical Society, Materials Research Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Marcia Rabinowitz, June 21, 1952. Children: Jonathan David, Adina Naomi.
