Background
Heller, Gerald Silas was born on September 5, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph and Augusta (Galper) Heller.
Electrical engineering educator
Heller, Gerald Silas was born on September 5, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph and Augusta (Galper) Heller.
Bachelor of Science, Wayne University, 1942. Sc.M. in Applied Mathematics, Brown University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Brown University, 1948.
Staff member Radiation Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1942-1945, group leader Lincoln Laboratory, 1954-1962, visiting professor electrical engring, 1962-1963. Assistant professor physics Brown University, Providence, 1948-1954, professor engineering, since 1963, director Materials Research Laboratory, since 1969. Consultant magnetic materials.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member American Physical Society, American Mathematics Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married Betty Steinhardt, January 9, 1943. Children: Allen Harvey, Wendy Beth.