Background
Leopold, Louis was born on March 8, 1918 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nathan and Mary (Meyers) Leopold.
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Louis Leopold
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Louis Leopold, American aerospace electronics engineer Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946.; Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman aerospace group 1964-1965), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Illinois Academy of Sciences, University Michigan Union, Saint Louis Engineers.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University Michigan, 1941, degree in Electronics Engineering and Radar, Harvard Graduate School Engineering & Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943, University Chicago Medical School, 1951, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology, 1958. Postgraduate University Chicago, 1949-1951.
Career
Electronics development engineer Magnecord, Incorporated., Chicago, 1952-1953. Senior electronics project engineer, group leader Motorola, Incorporated., 1953-1959. Electronics aeronautical research engineer communications system Project Mercury, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Field, Virginia, 1959-1960, head antennas and microwave systems Project Apollo, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, 1961-1967, designer, constructor Joint-stock company Anechoic Chamber.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration representative for Project Mercury, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Saint Louis, 1960-1961.
Manager National Aeronautics and Space Administration office, Apollo High Gain and LEM Steerable High Gain Antennas, Dalmo Victor Company, Belmont, California, 1968-1969. Experiment manager National Aeronautics and Space Administration Apollo Lunar Orbital Missions, South-band Transponder and Bistatic Radar Experiments, 1969-1973, manager antenna and microwave systems study Space Solar Power Satellite and Space Base Station, Johnson Space Center, Houston, since 1973.
Consultant American Medical Association, Chicago, 1957-1959, Motorola, Incorporated., Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, Incorporated., 1956-1959.
Achievements
Membership
Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman aerospace group 1964-1965), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Illinois Academy of Sciences, University Michigan Union, Saint Louis Engineers.
Connections
Children: Robert Louis, Laurence Scott.
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American
Awards
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Recipient National Aeronautics and Space Administration Achievement awards, 1963-1993, Apollo Achievement award National Aeronautics & Space Administration, 1969, Appreciation award Department of Energy/National Aeronautics and Space Administration Satellite Power Sys COncept Development & Evaluation Program, 1978-1980, Group Achievement award Lunar Science Team, 1973, Lunar Landing Team, 1973, Superior Achievement award Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 1985, Outstanding Speaker award, 1989, Approach & Landing Test award, Apollo Soyuz Test Project award, 1975, named First Manned Orbital Flight of Space Shuttle, 1981.Recipient National Aeronautics and Space Administration Achievement awards, 1963-1993, Apollo Achievement award National Aeronautics & Space Administration, 1969, Appreciation award Department of Energy/National Aeronautics and Space Administration Satellite Power Sys COncept Development & Evaluation Program, 1978-1980, Group Achievement award Lunar Science Team, 1973, Lunar Landing Team, 1973, Superior Achievement award Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 1985, Outstanding Speaker award, 1989, Approach & Landing Test award, Apollo Soyuz Test Project award, 1975, named First Manned Orbital Flight of Space Shuttle, 1981.