Background
Kimbark, Edward Wilson was born on September 21, 1902 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Edward Hall and Maude (Wilson) Kimbark.
Kimbark, Edward Wilson was born on September 21, 1902 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Edward Hall and Maude (Wilson) Kimbark.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1924, Electrical Engineer, 1925. S.M. Entertainment, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1933, Doctor of Science, 1937. Substa. operator Public Service Company Northern Illinois, Evanston, 1925-1926.
Assistant testing laboratory, 1926-1927. Instructor electrical engineering University of California at Berkeley, 1927-1929. Assistant curator division power Chicago Museum Science and Industry, 1929-1932.
Assistant professor electrical engineering Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1937-1939. Assistant professor electrical engineering Northwestern University, 1939-1941, associate professor, 1941-1945, professor, 1945-1950, acting chairman, 1941-1942. Professor electrical power Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, São Jose dos Campos, Brazil, 1950-1955.
Dean School Engineering Seattle U., 1955-1962. Electrical engineer Branch of System Engineering Bonneville Power Administration.
Operator Public; assistant testing lab. Assistant curator division power Chgo. Assistant professor elec.
Assistant professor elec. Dean School Engineering Seattle U., 1955-1962. Editor: Principles of Radar, 1944, (with Richard T. Byerly) Stability of Large Electric Power Systems, 1974.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Best Paper prize Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power Engineering Society 1977). Member National Academy Engineering, Conference Internationale des Grands Reseaux Electriques à Haute Tension, Paris.
Married Ruth Elizabeth Merrick, July 19, 1930 (deceased.; married Iris Vera Tattersall, August 25, 1977.