Background
Bolgiano, Ralph was born on April 1, 1922 in Baltimore. Son of Ralph and Edith (Flitton) Bolgiano.
Electrical engineering educator
Bolgiano, Ralph was born on April 1, 1922 in Baltimore. Son of Ralph and Edith (Flitton) Bolgiano.
Bachelor of Science in Elec. Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1944; Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1947; Master of Electrical Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1958.
Development engineer, General Electric Company, Syracuse, New York, 1949-1954;
associate professor electrical engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1958-1965;
professor, Cornell Univercity, 1965-1990;
professor emeritus, Cornell Univercity, since 1990. Consultant General Electric Company, Syracuse, 1954-1962, 68, Rome Air Development Center, Rome, New York, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Paris, 1968-1976, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, 1979-1980. Director University Corporation Atmosphere Research, Boulder, 1961-1971.
President Interunion Commission Radiometeorology, Brussels, 1966-1969. With United States Army, 1943-1946.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Meterol.
Society, American Geophysical Union, International Union Radio Science.
Married Mary Elizabeth Sneeringer, March 29, 1948. Children: Ralph, Douglas Caldwell, Chrisopher Flitton, Elizabeth Scott.