Background
Penfield,, Paul Livingstone was born on May 28, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Paul Livingstone and Charlotte Wentworth (Gilman) Penfield.
Electrical engineering educator
Penfield,, Paul Livingstone was born on May 28, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Paul Livingstone and Charlotte Wentworth (Gilman) Penfield.
Bachelor, Amherst College, 1955. Doctor of Science Institute of Technology, 1960.
Assistant professor electrical engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1960-1964, associate professor, 1964-1969, professor, 1969—2005, head department electrical engineering and computer science, 1989-1999.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman Boston section 1971-1972, Darlington award 1985, Centennial medal 1984, Golden Jubilee award 1999). Member National Academy Engineering, American Physical Society, Association for Computing Machinery, Audio Engineering Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Martha Elise Dieterle, August 24, 1956 (deceased April 1988). Children: David Wesley, Patricia Jane, Michael Baldwin. Married Barbara Jean Buehrig Lory, July 22, 1989.