Lawrence Lee Rauch

Background

Rauch, Lawrence Lee was born on May 1, 1919 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of James Lee and Mabel (Thompson) Rauch.

Education

AB, University of Southern California, 1941; postgraduate, Cornell Univercity, 1941; AM, Princeton University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1949.

Career

Instructor mathematics, Princeton University, 1943-1949; faculty, University of Michigan, since 1949; professor aerospace engineering, University of Michigan, 1953-1979; emeritus, University of Michigan, 1979; chairman instrumentation engineering program, University of Michigan, 1952-1963; chairman computer, information and control engineering program, University of Michigan, 1971-1976; associate department chairman electrical and computer engineering, University of Michigan, 1972-1975; chief technologist telecommunication science and engineering division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/California Institute Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1979-1985. Visiting professor Ecole Nationale Supérièure de L'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Toulouse, France, 1970, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1977-1985, U. Tokyo, 1978. Consultant government and industry, since 1946.

Chairman telemetering working group, panel test range instrumentation Research and Development Board Department Defense, 1952-1953. Member Executive Committee (National Telemetering Conference), 1959-1964. Western Hemisphere program chairman (1st International Telemetering Conference), London, 1963, program chairman, United States of America, 1967.

Supervisor air blast telemetering, Bikini, 1946. Member project non-linear differential equations Office Naval Research, 1947-1949. Member research advising committee on communications, instrumentation and data processing National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1963-1968.

Achievements

• Lawrence Lee Rauch has been listed as a noteworthy Aerospace and electrical engineer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (special award contributions radio telemetry 1957, administrative committee professional group space electronics and telemetry 1958-1964), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Explorers Club. Member American Mathematics Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Michigan Research Club, Phi BetaKappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Norma Ruth Cable, December 15, 1961. Children: Lauren, Maury Rauch.

Father:

James Lee Rauch

Mother:

Mabel (Thompson) Rauch

Spouse:

Norma Ruth Cable

child:

Lauren Rauch

child:

Maury Rauch