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Granger, John Van Nuys was born on September 14, 1918 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.
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John Van Nuys Granger
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John Van Nuys Granger, American electronics company executive. Chartered electrical engineer, United Kingdom. Named Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer, Eta Kappa Nu, 1952; recipient Distinguished Service award National Science Foundation, 1977. Trustee Cornell College, 1960-1972; treasurer committee for art Stanford University, 1958; Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (president 1970); member National Academy Engineering.
Education
AB, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1941. Master of Science in Communications Engineering, Harvard University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Physics, Harvard University, 1948.
Career
Assistant director engineering research Socially Responsible Investment International, Menlo Park, California, 1949-1956. Founder, president Granger Associates, Palo Alto, 1956-1970. Deputy assistant secretary for science and technical affairs Dept State, Washington, 1971-1975.
Deputy assistant director National Science Foundation, 1975-1977. Science counsellor American embassy, London, 1977-1981. Science attache American delegate United Nations Educational, Paris, 1981-1983.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Cornell College, 1960-1972. Treasurer committee for art Stanford University, 1958. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (president 1970).
Member National Academy Engineering.
Connections
Son of Arthur Earl and Katharine (Van Nuys) G. Divorced; children– Pamela Granger Marks, John Arthur, David V. Married Norah Frances Balkwill, September 22, 1983.
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American
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1941
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1942
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1948