Background
Schwartz, Richard Frederick was born on May 31, 1922 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Frederick William and Mary Hoyle (Holland) Schwartz.
Electrical engineering educator
Schwartz, Richard Frederick was born on May 31, 1922 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Frederick William and Mary Hoyle (Holland) Schwartz.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1943. Master of Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1959.
Instructor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, 1947-1948; engineer, Radio Corporation American, Camden, New Jersey, 1948-1951; instructor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1951-1953; research associate, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1953-1959; assistant professor electrical engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1959-1962; associate professor electrical engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1962-1973; professor electrical engineering, Michigan Technology U., Houghton, 1973-1985; department head, Michigan Technology U., Houghton, 1973-1979; professor electrical engineering, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1985-1995; professor emeritus, State University of New York, Binghamton, since 1995. Visiting assistant professor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1960. Consultant Pennsylvania Bar Association Endowment, Armstrong Cork Company, American Electronics laboratories, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation, Radio Corporation of America, Cityof Philadelphia, General Electric.
(1959 Rutgers University Press; First Edition Hardcover)
Active Delaware County Symphony, Pennsylvania, 1967—1972, Keeweenaw Symphony Orchestra, Houghton, 1973—1985, Vestal Community Band, 1993—2005, Binghamton University Chorus, 1995—2005, Champlain Valley Oratorio Society, since 2005. Member executive board Broome County Peace Action, 1995—2005, secretary board, 1998—2001. Active Broome County Interfaith Caregivers, 1997—2005.
Mentor Schools to Career Partnership, Endicott, New York, 1995—2005, Learn and Serve Plattsburgh Schools, since 2006. Fellow Acoustical Society of America. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior, life, vice chairman Binghamton section 2000-2004), American Association for the Advancement of Science (life), National Society of Professional Engineers (life), American Society Engineering Education (life), New York Society Professional Engineers (life, Broome chapter, board director 2000-2005, treasurer 2001-2004, Engineer of Year 1995, Contributions to Education award 1996), Audio Engineering Society (life), Foundation for Engineering Education Inc.(board directors 2000-2004. secretary 2001-2003), Order of the Engineer, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Tau.
Married Ruth Louise Feldman, October 25, 1945 (divorced October 1977). Children: Kathryn Gail, Frederick Earl, Karl Edward, Eric Christian, Frieda Diane. Married Margaret Camp Boes, May 29, 1982.