Richard Kerr Moore

Background

Moore, Richard Kerr was born on November 13, 1923 in St. Louis. Son of Louis D. and Nina (Megown) Moore.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Washington University at St. Louis, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1951.

Career

Test equipment engineer Radio Corporation of America, Camden, New Jersey, 1943-1944. Instructor and research engineer Washington University, St. Louis, 1947-1949. Research associate Cornell University, 1949-1951.

Research engineer, section supervisor Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, 1951-1955. Professor, chairman electrical engineering University New Mexico, 1955-1962. Black and Veatch professor University Kansas, Lawrence, 1962-1994.

Professor emeritus, since 1994. Director remote sensing laboratory University Kansas, 1964-1974, 84-93. President Cadre Corporation, Lawrence, 1968-1987.

Consultant companies, government agencies.

Achievements

• Achievements include research in submarine communications, radar altimetry, radar as a remote sensor, radar oceanography. Patent for polypanchromatic radar. M C.

Works

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• book

  • TRAVELING-WAVE ENGINEERING

Membership

Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (section chairman 1960-1961, Outstanding Technology Achievement award council oceanic engineering 1978). Member, National Academy of Engineering, American Association of University Professors, American Society Engineering Education, American Geophysical Union, International Science Radio Union (chairman United States commission F 1984-1987, international vice chairman commission F 1990-1993, chairman 1993-1996), Kiwanis, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Wilma Lois Schallau, December 10, 1944 (deceased 1999). Children: John Richard, Daniel Charles.

Father:

Louis D. Moore

Mother:

Nina (Megown) Moore

Spouse:

Wilma Lois Schallau

child:

John Richard Moore

child:

Daniel Charles Moore