Background

Shapiro, Sidney was born on December 4, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel and Sadie (Aberblatt) Shapiro.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1953; AM, Harvard University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1959.

Career

Physicist, also group leader, Arthur D. Little, Inc., 1959-1964; member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Inc., 1964-1967; associate professor electrical engineering, U. Rochester, New York, 1967-1973; professor, U. Rochester, New York, 1973-1993; professor emeritus, U. Rochester, New York, since 1994; department chairman electrical engineering, U. Rochester, New York, 1980-1989; associate dean, U. Rochester (College Engineering and Applied Science), 1974-1979; visiting professor, Physics Lab I, Technology U. Denmark, 1972-1973.

Achievements

• Pioneer experimental confirmation Air Corps Josephson effect in superconducting tunneling.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor articles to professional publications.

Membership

Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Connections

Married Janice Ann Yeutter, May 14, 1960. Children— Sara Ruth, Johanna Sue.

father:

Samuel Shapiro

mother:

Sadie (Aberblatt) Shapiro

spouse:

Janice Ann Yeutter