James William Modestino

Background

Modestino, James William was born on April 27, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Mary Elizabeth (Dooley) Modestino.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Northeastern U., 1962; Master of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1966; Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1969.

Career

Member technical staff, General Telephone Electronics laboratories, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1969-1970; assistant professor, Northeastern U., Boston, 1970-1972; professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1972-1993; institute professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, since 1993; director Center for Image Processing Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York co-director International Center for Multimedia Education, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. Visiting professor University of California, San Diego, 1981-1982. Visiting faculty fellow General Electric Corporation Research and Development Center, 1988-1989.

Visiting professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1995-1996. Pres.Modcom Inc., Ballston Lake, New York, since 1981. Vice president ICUCOM Inc., Troy, New York, since 1986.

Achievements

• James William Modestino has been listed as a noteworthy Electrical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (S.O. Rice Prize Paper award 1984, member of the board of Governors Information Theory Society 1988-1992).

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, jogging, tennis, skiing.

Connections

Married Leone Marie MacDougall, August 25, 1962. Children: Michele Marie, Lee Annual.

Father:

William Modestino

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth (Dooley) Modestino

Spouse:

Leone Marie MacDougall

child:

Michele Marie Modestino

child:

Lee Annual Modestino