Background
Engstrom, Howard Theodore was born on April 23, 1902 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Gustav W. and Anna K. (Ranvik) Engstrom.
scientist corporation executive
Engstrom, Howard Theodore was born on April 23, 1902 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Gustav W. and Anna K. (Ranvik) Engstrom.
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering Engineering, Northeastern University, 1922. Master of Arts in Mathematics, U. Maine, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, Yale, 1929.
National Research Council fellow, California Institute Technology, 1929-1930.
International Research fellow, Gottingen, Germany, 1930-1931.
Western Union Telegraph Company, 1922-1923. Instructor U. Maine, 1923-1925. Instructor mathematics Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1925-1926.
Instructor Yale, 1926-1929, assistant professor mathematics, 1931-1935, associate professor, 1935-1941.
Founder, vice president Engineering Research Associates, Saint Paul, 1945-1952. Company bought by Remington Rand Company, 1952.
Vice president Remington Rand division Sperry Rand Company, 1952-1956, 58—. Deputy director National Security Agency, 1956-1958.
Chairman of the Board Computer Export Corporation, Atlanta, since 1958.
Adviser Department of Defense.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1945. Fellow Institute Radio Engineers’. Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Karin Ekblom, April. Children: Karin South. (Mistress William Agosta), Anna K., Morten H. Engineer.