Background
Kaprelian, Edward K. was born on June 20, 1913 in Union Hill, New Jersey, United States. Son of Karnig and Haiganoosh (Tatarian) Kaprelian.
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Edward K. Kaprelian
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Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute Technology, 1934; law student, George Washington University, 1937-1938; postgraduate in physics, 1943-1944.
Career
Patent examiner for, United States Patent Office, 1936-1942; physicist, Board Economics Warfare, 1942-1945; patent adviser, United States Army Signal Corps, 1945-1946; chief photo branch, Signal Corps Engineering laboratories, Fort Monmouth, 1946-1952; director research and engineering, Kalart Company, Plainville, Connecticut, 1952-1955; president, Kaprelian Research and Development Company, Simsbury, Connecticut, 1955-1957; deputy director research, United States Army Signal Research and Development Laboratory, Fort Monmouth, 1957-1962; technical director, United States Army Ltd. War Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., 1962-1967; vice president, technical director, Keuffel & Esser Company, 1968-1973; president, Kaprelian Research and Development, Mendham, New Jersey, 1973-1997. Member National Research Council-National Academy Sciences, 1957-1966.
Achievements
Membership
Lieutenant colonel Signal corpus, United States army Reserve. Fellow Society Photograph Scientists and Engineers (past president), American Photograph History Society (past president). Senior Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Optical Society of America, Physical Society (London), Society Motion Picture and television Engineers, Royal Photograph Society (England), New York Patent Law Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Connections
Married Lucy Ainilian, February 29, 1936. Children: Charles E., Harold R., Helen Kaprelian Ward.
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Nationality
American