Theodore Ernst Veltfort

Background

Veltfort, Theodore Ernst was born on February 23, 1915 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Theodore Ernst and Helen (Gaston) Veltfort.

Education

Bachelor in Economics, Columbia University, 1940; Master of Science in Physics, Stanford University, 1947.

Career

Chief development engineer, Shand and Jurs Company, Berkeley, California, 1955-1958; senior project engineer, Lynch Comm. Systems, San Francisco, 1958-1959; chief electronics engineer, Shockley Unit Clevite Corp, Stanford, California, 1960-1961; senior construction engineering, Sierra electronics corporation, Menlo Park, California, 1961; professor physics, director department solid state physics, U. Havana, Cuba, 1962-1968; chief engineer, Bioelectric Instruments, Inc., Yonkers, New York, 1968-1970; electronics systems engineer, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, 1970-1980; construction engineering, Veltek, Oakland, California, since 1981. Adjunct Professor, course advisor City College of New York, 1971-1978.

Achievements

• Registered profile engineer, California.

Membership

Ambulance driver Cuerpo Sanitario de la Republica Espanola, 1937-1938. Sergeant Signal Corps United States Army, 1942-1945. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Veterans the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (executive secretary San Francisco chapter 1983-1984, foreign correspondent secretary since 1985), Sigma Xi (associate).

Interests

• Avocations: computer programming, snorkling.

Connections

Married Helene Rank, October 27, 1941 (divorced January 1952). Children: Ruhama Danielle, Susan Marlene. Married Leonore Valeton, October 14, 1954.

Children: Anna Cornelia, Kevin Daniel.

Father:

Theodore Ernst Veltfort

Mother:

Helen (Gaston) Veltfort

Spouse:

Leonore Valeton

Spouse:

Helene Rank

child:

Kevin Daniel Veltfort

child:

Ruhama Danielle Veltfort

child:

Susan Marlene Veltfort

child:

Anna Cornelia Veltfort