Background
Rumsey was born in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on Saint Cecilia"s day, and received his Bachelor in mathematics (1941) and Doctor of Science. in physics from Cambridge University.
Electrical engineering educator emeritus
Rumsey was born in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on Saint Cecilia"s day, and received his Bachelor in mathematics (1941) and Doctor of Science. in physics from Cambridge University.
Bachelor, Cambridge University, 1941. Doctor of Science in Physics, Cambridge University, 1972. Doctor of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan, 1962.
From 1941-1945 he performed radar research at the Telecommunications Research Establishment in England and the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, District of Columbia. After three years at the Canadian Atomic Research Laboratory he became director of the Antenna Laboratory at Ohio State University. In 1954 he moved to the University of Illinois, in 1957 to the University of California, Berkeley, and in 1966 to the University of California, San Diego where he is now Professor Emeritus. Starting in the 1950s, Rumsey suggested the basic principles for frequency-independent antennas which culminated in the writing of a book on the topic (see selected works below).
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Morris Liebman prize, John Kraus award Antennas and Propagation), Union Radio Scientifique Internationale, International Astronomical Union. Member National Academy Engineering.
Married Doris Herring, April 2, 1942. Children: John David, Peter Alan, Catherine Anne.