Background
Rajchman, Jan Aleksander was born on August 10, 1911 in London. Son of Ludwik Witold and Marija Clotylda (Bojanczyk) Rajchman. came to the United States, 1935, naturalized, 1940.
Rajchman, Jan Aleksander was born on August 10, 1911 in London. Son of Ludwik Witold and Marija Clotylda (Bojanczyk) Rajchman. came to the United States, 1935, naturalized, 1940.
Graduate, College of Geneva, 1930. Master of Electrical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1938.
Engineer, Radio Corporation of America Manufacturing Company, 1935-1936; with, Radio Corporation of America laboratories, 1936-1976; director computer research laboratory, Radio Corporation of America laboratories, 1961-1967; staff vice president data processing, Radio Corporation of America laboratories, 1967-1971; staff vice president information science, Radio Corporation of America laboratories, 1971-1976; visiting Mackay professor, University of California, Berkeley, winter 1977. Member user grantee group in optical communication National Science Foundation, from 1969. Mem.advanced memory advising committee Advanced Research Project Agency, 1975, consultant, 1977-1989.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman Liebman award committee 1970, chairman awards fields committee 1971-1973, Liebman Memorial award 1960, Edison medal 1974), American Physical Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Engineering (peer review committee 1975-1977), American Optical Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi (chapter president).
Married Ruth Vi Teitrick, June 30, 1944. Children: Alice Rajchman Hammond, John A.