Background
Rosenblith, Walter Alter was born on September 21, 1913 in Vienna, Austria. Son of David A. and Gabriele (Roth) Rosenblith. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1946.
Rosenblith, Walter Alter was born on September 21, 1913 in Vienna, Austria. Son of David A. and Gabriele (Roth) Rosenblith. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1946.
Ingenieur Radiotelegraphiste, University Bordeaux, 1936. Ing. Radioelectricien, Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité, Paris, 1937. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1976.
Doctor of Science (honorary), South Dakota School Mines, 1980. Doctor of Science (honorary), Brandeis University, 1988. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Miami, Florida, 1992.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1976.
Research engineer, France, 1937-1939;
research assistant, New York University, 1939-1940;
graduate fellow, teaching fellow physics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1940-1943;
assistant professor, associate professor, acting head department physics, South Dakot School Mines and Technology, 1943-1947;
research fellow, Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, Harvard University, 1947-1951;
lecturer otology and laryngology, Harvard Medical School, since 1969;
associate professor committee biophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1951-1957;
professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957-1984;
institute professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975-1984;
institute professor emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1984;
staff, Research Laboratory Electronics, 1951-1969;
chairman faculty, Research Laboratory Electronics, 1967-1969;
associate provost, Research Laboratory Electronics, 1969-1971;
provost, Research Laboratory Electronics, 1971-1980. Director Kaiser Industries, 1968-1976. Chairman of Commission electronic computers in life science National Academy Sciences-National Research Council, 1960-1964, member brain science committee, 1965-1968, chairman, 1966-1967.
Member central county International Brain Research Organisation, 1960-1968, member Executive Committee, 1960-1968, honorary treasurer, 1962-1967. Consultant life scis.panel President's Science Advisory Committee, 1961-1966. Member county International Union Pure and Applied Biophysics, 1961-1969.
Inaugural lecturer Tata Institute Fundamental Research, Bombay, 1962. Weizmann lecturer Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovoth, Israel, 1962. United States National Commision on Pure and Applied Biophysics, 1964-1969.
Member President's Committee Urban Housing, 1967-1968. Consultant communications science World Health Organization, 1964-1965. Member board medicine NAS, 1967-1970.
Charter member Institute Medicine, since 1970, member county, 1970-1976. Member of advisory commission to director National Institutes of Health, 1970-1974. Member governing board National Research Council, 1974-1976.
Member of advisory committee medical science American Medical Association, 1972-1974. Member selection committee Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, since 1973. Chairman science advisory county Callier Center for Communication Disorders, 1968-1985.
Chairman research com of the Health Effects Institute, 1981-1989, board directors, since 1989. Chairman international advisory panel of Chinese U. Development Project, 1986-1991. Member governor county International Centre Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya, 1987-1990.
Member American and international panels on United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (United Nations Association United States American), 1988-1989. Member Committee on Scholarly Communication with People's Republic of China, 1977-1986, Council on Foreign Rels., 1983-1992. Bd.Fgn. Scholarships, 1978-1981, chairman, 1980-1981.
Co-chairman National Research Council-IOM committee for study of saccharin and food safety policy, 1978-1979. Consultant Carnegie Corporation New York, since 1986, Carnegie Commision on Science, Technology and Government, since 1988. Honorary consulting professor of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 1988.
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Board governors Weizmann Institute of Science, 1973-1986. Chairman committee on rehabilitation of physically handicapped National Research Council, 1975-1977. Trustee Brandeis University, since 1979.
Fellow Acoustical Society of America, World Academy Art and Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences (executive board 1970-1977), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member International Council of Scientific Unions (vice president 1984-1988), Biophysics Society (council 1957-1961, 69-72, executive board 1957-1961), National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences (foreign secretary 1982-1986), Society Experimental Psychologists, Engineering Academy of Japan (foreign associate, Okawa prize 1999).
Married Judy Olcott Francis, September 27, 1941. Children: Sandra Yvonne, Ronald Francis.