Background
Lefkowitz, Irving was born on July 8, 1921 in New York City. Son of Adolph and Celia (Berko) Lefkowitz.
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Irving Lefkowitz
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Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Cooper Union, 1943. Master of Science in Instrumentation Engineering, Case Institute of Technology, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, Case Institute of Technology, 1958.
Career
With, J.E. Seagram & Sons, 1943-1953; director instrumentation research, J.E. Seagram & Sons, 1951-1953; faculty, Case Institute Technology, 1953-1987; professor engineering, Case Institute Technology, 1965-1987, professor emeritus, since 1987; director research group in control of complex systems, Case Institute Technology, 1960-1985; acting chairman systems engineering department, Case Western Reserve U., 1972-1976; chairman, Case Western Reserve U., 1980-1983; vice president technologies development, Control Soft, Inc., Cleveland, since 1994. Member science staff International Institute Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, 1974-1975. Cons. in field, since 1959.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Systems Science and Cybernetics Society (administrator committee 1969-1972), American Automatic Control Council (chairman systems engineering committee 1968-1969, Control Heritage award 1982), The International Federation of Automatic Control (vice-chairman systems engineering committee 1975-1978, chairman committee 1978-1981, vice chairman technical board 1981-1984), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Control Systems Society (chairman control of industrial systems technical committee 1983-1987, board governors 1985-1986).
Connections
Married Madelyn I. Moinester, July 3, 1955. Children: Deborah, Daniel.
