Background
Schwarz, Ralph Jacques was born on June 13, 1922 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Simon J. and Anna (Schoendorff) Schwarz. naturalized, 1944.
Schwarz, Ralph Jacques was born on June 13, 1922 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Simon J. and Anna (Schoendorff) Schwarz. naturalized, 1944.
Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1943; Master of Science, Columbia University, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1949; postgraduate, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1944-1945; postgraduate, New York University, 1946-1947.
Member faculty, Columbia University, 1943-1992;
professor electrical engineering, Columbia University, 1958-1992;
department chairman, Columbia University, 1958-1965, 71-72;
associate dean academic affairs Faculty Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, 1972-1975;
acting dean, Columbia University, 1975-1976, 80-81;
vice dean, Thayer Lindsley professor, Columbia University, 1976-1992;
Thayer Lindsley professor emeritus, Columbia University, since 1992;
consultant systems analysis, communications and noise theory, since 1945. Visiting associate professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1956. Adviser Institute International Education, 1952-1965.
Visiting scientist International Business Machines Corporation Research Center, 1969-1970.
Board of directors Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation. Trustee Associated Universities, Inc., 1980-1992. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman circuit theory group 1963-1965, Centennial medal 1984).
Member Communications Society (Board of Governors), American Society Engineering Education, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Eta Kappa Nu.
Son of; married Irene Lassally, September 9, 1951. Children: Ronald Paul, Sylvia Anne.