Background
Piore, Emanuel Rueven was born on July 19, 1908 in Wilno, Russia. Came to United States, 1917. Son of Ruben and Olga (Gegusin) Piore.
Piore, Emanuel Rueven was born on July 19, 1908 in Wilno, Russia. Came to United States, 1917. Son of Ruben and Olga (Gegusin) Piore.
Bachelor of Arts Wisconsin, 1930. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1935. Honorary Doctor of Science, University Wisconsin, 1966.
Honorary Doctor of Science, Union University, 1962. Honorary Doctor of Science, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, 1972.
Assistant instructor University Wisconsin, 1930-1935. Research physicist Radio Corporation of America, 1935-1938. Engineer-in-charge television laboratory Columbia Broadcasting System, 1938-1942.
Head special weapons group, bureau ships United States Navy, 1942-1944. Head electronics branch Office Naval Research, 1946-1947, director physical science, 1947-1948, deputy for natural science, 1949-1951, chief scientist, deputy director, 1951-1955. Vice president, director Avco Manufacturing Corporation, 1955-1956.
Director research International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, 1956-1961, vice president research and engineering, 1961-1963, vice president, group executive, 1963-1965, vice president, director, chief scientist, 1965-1975. Also director; physicist research laboratory electronics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948-1949. Director Science Research Associates, Inc., Health Advancement, Inc., Paul Revere Investors, Guardian Mutual Fund.
Adjunct professor Rockefeller University, 1974-1980.
Member President's Science Advisory Committee, 1959-1962. Member National Science Board, since 1961. Board directors New York State Foundation for Science.
Past board directors National Science Foundation. Chairman visiting committee National Bureau Standards. Chairman board Hall of Science, New York City.
Member corporation Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Member executive committee Resources for Future. Board directors Stark Draper Laboratory, National Information Bureau, Memorial Cancer Hospital.
Member visiting committee to electrical engineering department Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956-1957. Visiting committee Harvard College, 1958-1970. Trustee Sloan-Kettering Institute Cancer Research.
Member New York City Board Higher Education, since 1976. Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society Arts (London, England), American Physical Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Academy Arts Sciences.
Member Science Research Society of America, Science Research Association (director), National Academy of Sciences, National Academy Engineering, American Institute Physics (director), American Philosophical Society (secretary since 1985), Sigma Xi. Clubs: University (New York City), Cosmos (Washington), Century (New York City).
Married E. Nora Kahn, August 26, 1931. Children– Michael Joseph, Margot Debrah, Jane Anne.