Background
Ryerson, Joseph Leslie was born on October 20, 1918 in Goshen, New York, United States. Son of Joseph Leslie and Hazel Knox (Coleman) Ryerson.
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Joseph Leslie Ryerson
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Student, Tusculum College, Greenville, Tennessee, 1936-1938; Bachelor of Arts Elec. Engineering, Clarkson College, Potsdam, New York, 1941; Master of Arts, Syracuse University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1967.
Career
Junior engineer, Ward Leonard Electric Company, Mount Vernon, New York, 194146; assistant professor physics, Mohawk College, Utica, New York, 1946-1948; assistant professor physics, Evansville (Indiana) College, 1948-1951; electrical engineering consultant, Evansville, 1949-1951; electronics engineer, Rome (New York) Air Development Center, 1951-1964; technical assistant director, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe Technology Center, The Hague, Netherlands, 1964-1967; science adviser to director development, Headquarters United States Air Force, 1967-1969; technical director communications and navigation division, Rome Air Development Center, 1969-1974; RADC staff, Rome Air Development Center, 1974-1976; technical director surveillance division, Rome Air Development Center, 1976-1978; retired, 1978; with, Sternlight Associations and Cons., Inc., Rome, since 1978. Chairman metrication panel Department Defense, 1973.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Clarkson College Alumni Association (president Rome-Utica section 1960), National Parent-Teachers Association, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Connections
Married Gladys Trudell, February 11, 1941. Children– Sarah Louise, John David, Elizabeth Annual.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1938
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1941
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1954
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1967
Awards
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Recipient Outstanding award United States Air Force, 1962, 72. North Atlantic Treaty Organization star, 1967. Golden Knight award Clarkson College, 1976.Recipient Outstanding award United States Air Force, 1962, 72. North Atlantic Treaty Organization star, 1967. Golden Knight award Clarkson College, 1976.