Background
Smullin, Louis Dijour was born on February 5, 1916 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Smullin, Louis Dijour was born on February 5, 1916 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Biosystems Engineering., University Michigan, 1936. S.M. Entertainment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1939.
Draftsman, Swift Elec. Welder Company, Michigan, 1936;
engineer, Ohio Brass Company, 1936-1938;
engineer, Farnsworth television Corporation, 1939-1940;
engineer, Scintilla Magneto division Bendix Aviation Corporation, 1940-1951;
section head radiation laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1941-1946;
head microwave tube laboratory, Federal Telecommunications laboratories division International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, New Jersey, 1946-1948;
head tube laboratory, Research Laboratory Electronics, 1948-1950;
division head, Lincoln Laboratory, 1950-1955;
from associate to professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1955-1976;
Dugald Caleb Jackson professor electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1976;
department chairman electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1967. Member steering committee Kanpur Indo-American Program, 1961-1965.
Visiting professor Indian Institute Technology, Kanpur, 1965-1966. National Science Foundation working group science and engineering instruction, India. Board of Governors Israel Institute Technology.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member National Academy Engineering (telecommunications committee), American Physical Society.
Married; 4 children.