Background
Ross, Ian Munro was born on August 15, 1927 in Southport, England. Came to United States, 1952, naturalized, 1960.
Ross, Ian Munro was born on August 15, 1927 in Southport, England. Came to United States, 1952, naturalized, 1960.
Bachelor, Gonville and Caius College. Bachelor, Cambridge University, 1948. Master of Arts in Electrical Engineering, Cambridge University, 1952.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, 1952. Doctor of Science (honorary), New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1983. Doctor of Science (honorary), Polytechnic University, 1988.
Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Stevens Institute of Technology, 1983. Doctor of Science (honorary), Polytech. University, 1988.
With American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Laboratories (and affiliates), 1952-1992, executive director network planning division, 1971-1973, vice president network planning and customer services, 1973-1976, executive vice president systems engineering and development Holmdel, New Jersey, 1976-1979, president, 1979-1991. President emeritus American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Laboratories, since 1991. Board directors Thomas & Betts Corporation, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Company, Nacco Industries.
Chairman National Advisory Commission on Semicondrs.
Patentee in field.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Founders' medal 1988, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering.
Married Christina Leinberg Ross, August 24, 1955. Children: Timothy Ian, Nancy Lynn, Stina Marguerite.