Background
Rittner, Edmund Sidney was born on May 29, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Philip and Augusta (Beich) Rittner.
Rittner, Edmund Sidney was born on May 29, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Philip and Augusta (Beich) Rittner.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941.
Research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1942-1945; section chief, Philips laboratories, Briarcliff Manor, New York, 1946-1962; director, Department Physics, 1962-1967; director exploratory research, Department Physics, 1967-1969; executive director physical science, Communications Satellite Corporation laboratories, Clarksburg, Maryland., 1969-1984. A.D. Little postdoctoral fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941-1942.
Fellow American Physical Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Photovoltaic Founders award, 1985).
Married Marcella Weiner, October 6, 1942. 1 child, Leona.