Edwin William Richter

Background

Richter, Edwin William was born on November 26, 1922 in New York City. Son of Edward Oswald and Gertrude Anna (Muether) Richter.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, CUNY, 1943; postgraduate, New York University, 1946-1948; postgraduate, Boston University, 1954-1955.

Career

Research physicist, Columbia University Radiation Laboratory, New York City, 1943-1951; senior project engineer, Sperry Electron Tube Division, Great Neck, New York, 1951-1954; section head missile systems division, Raytheon Company, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1954-1958; chief microwave engineer, Ewen Knight Corporation, Natick, Massachusetts, 1958-1962; senior engineering scientist, Radio Corporation of America Automated Systems, Burlington, 1962-1985; consultant radio systems, GTE Government Systems Division, Taunton, Massachusetts, 1988; editor Transactions, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York City, 1988-1991, 95; consultant editor, Butterworth-Heinemann, Woburn, Massachusetts, since 1991.

Achievements

• Edwin William Richter has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, editor, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member school committee, Acton, Massachusetts, 1961-1969, Acton Board Health, 1969-1978. Member of advisory committee Wentworth Institute, Boston, 1975-1985. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman microwave chapter Boston 1965-1966, chairman instrumentation and measurement chapter Boston 1987-1988), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Margaret Carrick Wright, November 27, 1948. Children: John, Stephen, Brian, Paul, Margaret, Dorothy.

Father:

Edward Oswald Richter

Mother:

Gertrude Anna (Muether) Richter

Spouse:

Margaret Carrick Wright

child:

Brian Richter

child:

John Richter

child:

Dorothy Richter

child:

Stephen Richter

child:

Paul Richter

child:

Margaret Richter