Background
Eshleman, Von Russel was born on September 17, 1924 in Darke County, Ohio, United States.
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Von Russel Eshleman
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Von Russel Eshleman, American electrical engineering educator, aerospace scientist. Achievements include research in radar astronomy, planetary exploration, ionospheric and plasma physics, radio wave propagation, astronautics. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Geophysical Union, Royal Astronomy Society; member National Academy of Engineering.
Education
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, George Washington University, 1949. Master of Science, Stanford University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1952.
Career
Research associate Radio Propagation Laboratory, Stanford (California) U., 1952-1956;
from instructor to professor electrical engineering, Stanford (California) U., 1956-1961;
professor electrical engineering, co-director Center Radar Astronomy, Stanford (California) U., 1961-1982;
director Radioscience Laboratory, Stanford (California) U., 1974-1983. Consultant NAS, National Bureau Studies, Socially Responsible Investment International, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Member International Astronaut Congress, International Astronomical Union, International Science.Radion Union.
Director emeritus Watkins-Johnson Company. Member radio science team Galileo Mission to Jupiter, since 1979.
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Geophysical Union, Royal Astronomy Society. Member National Academy of Engineering.
Connections
Married; 4 children.
