Background
Haas, Vinton Benjamin was born on August 30, 1923 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Vinton Benjamin and Mayme Catherine (Hartzler) Haas.
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Vinton Benjamin Haas
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Rose Polytechnic Institute, 1943; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1949; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1956.
Career
Test engineer, General Electric Company, 1946-1947;
instructor, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1947-1949, 53-56;
assistant professor, North Dakota State College, 1949-1950;
assistant professor, U. Connecticut, 1950-1953;
associate professor, U. Connecticut, 1956;
professor, U. Connecticut, 1957-1979;
professor emeritus, senior lecturer, U. Connecticut, since 1979. Head electrical engineering department, 1968-1974. Visiting professor Imperial College, U. London, 1963, 78, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970.
Director research project International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, 1961-1963.
Membership
Served with C.E. Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member I.E.E.E., American Society Engineering Education, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu.
Connections
Married Jeanne Reak, March 25, 1944. Children— Catherine Elizabeth (Mistress David Francis Bean), Vinton Benjamin III, Douglas Francis, Marjorie Ellen (Mistress JohnE. Kalliongis).
