Background
Nisbet, John Stirling was born on December 10, 1927 in Darval, Scotland. Son of Robert George Jackson and Kathleen Agnes (Young) Nisbet.
Electrical engineering educator
Nisbet, John Stirling was born on December 10, 1927 in Darval, Scotland. Son of Robert George Jackson and Kathleen Agnes (Young) Nisbet.
Bachelor of Science, London University, 1950. Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1960.
Trainee, engineer, Nash & Thompson Ltd., Surbiton, England, 1944-1951; engineer, Decca Radar Ltd., Surbiton, 1951-1953; engineer, Canada Westinghouse, Hamilton, Ontario, 1953-1955; research associate electric engineering department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1955-1960; professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1960; Distinguished Alumni professor electrical engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1985-1990; Distinguished Alumni professor electrical engineering emeritus, Pennsylvania State University, since 1990; director Ionosphere Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, 1971-1984; director Communications and Space Sciences Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, 1984-1986.
Senior member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Geophysical Union, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married J. Valerie Payne, January 10, 1953. Children: Robert John, Alexander Stevens.