Background
Davis, Harry was born on December 2, 1909 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Annie (Goldner) Davis.
Davis, Harry was born on December 2, 1909 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Annie (Goldner) Davis.
Bachelor of Science, College City New York, 1931. Electrical engineer, College City New York, 1933. Master of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1948.
Doctor of Science, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1973.
Project engineer design and development meteorological direction finders, Signal Corps, section chief in charge development navigation systems, 1940-1945;
in charge development navigation equipment, Air Force Watson Laboratory, 1945-1950;
chief, (Navigation Laboratory), 1949-1951;
technical and science director, Rome Air Development Center, 1951-1960;
deputy for research assistant secretary, Air Force, Washington, 1960-1966;
deputy assistant secretary research and development, Air Force, 1966-1968;
deputy under secretary systems review, Office Under Secretary Air Force, 1968-1973;
president, Systems Review Associates, Inc., Arlington, Virginia, from 1973. Lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, 1966-1975. Faculty electrical engineering staff Columbia, from 1956.
Member science advising committee Harry Diamond laboratories, United States Army. Member, chairman panels Defense Department.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Harry Diamond Memorial award 1968, Man of Year award 1976), American Optical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Ordnance Association, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Fay Oxhorn, 1931.