Background
Thun, Rudolf Eduard was born on January 30, 1921 in Berlin. Son of Rudolph and Katharina (Schmidt) Thun. came to the United States, 1955, naturalized, 1961.
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Rudolf Eduard Thun
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Rudolf Eduard Thun, German, American electronics engineer. Recipient Technology Achievement award United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1959. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (contribution award 1975), American Physical Society; member American Vacuum Society (director), Optical Society of America, Electron Microscope Society, International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics, Sigma Xi.
Education
Physics Diploma, University Frankfurt, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, University Frankfurt, 1955.
Career
Research physicist, Degussa, Hanau, West Germany, 1951-1955; electronics engineer, United States Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratory, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1955-1959; with, International Business Machines Corporation, 1959-1967; with, Raytheon Corporation, 1967-1987; director Device Technology corporation staff, Raytheon Corporation, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1983-1987.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (contribution award 1975), American Physical Society. Member American Vacuum Society (director), Optical Society of America, Electron Microscope Society, International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Brigitte Martha Roeder, January 24, 1944. Children: Rudolf Paul, Hans Ulrich.
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Died
July 5, 1987 (aged 66) -
Resting place
Buried Green Cemetery, Carlisle, Massachusetts -
Nationality
German American -
Ethnicity
Education
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1954
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1955
Career
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1951 - 1955
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1955 - 1959
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1959 - 1967
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1967 - 1987