Background
Kahn, Walter Kurt was born on March 24, 1929 in Mannheim, Baden, Germany. Son of Simon and Hilde (Ullmann) Kahn. came to the United States, 1938.
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Walter Kurt Kahn
Edit ProfileEngineering and applied science educator
Walter Kurt Kahn, German engineering and applied science educator. Recipient Certified of Achievement Group on Antennas and Propagation Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Research Publications award Naval Research Lab, 1976; North Atlantic Treaty Organization senior fellow in science, 1973.
Education
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Cooper Union, 1951. Master of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1954. DEE, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1960.
Career
Engineer, Wheeler laboratories, Inc., 1951-1954;
research associate Microwave Research Institute, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1954-1960;
assistant professor electrical engineering, assistant to director Microwave Research Institute, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1960-1962;
associate professor electrophysics, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1962-1968;
professor electrophysics, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1968-1969;
member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, summer 1963;
liaison scientist, United States Office Naval Research-London Branch, 1967-1968;
member technical staff, International Business Machines Corporation Thomas J. Watson Research Center, summer 1969;
professor engineering and applied science department electrical engineering and computer science, The George Washington University, since 1969;
department chairman, The George Washington University, 1970-1974;
director Institute for Information Science and Technology, The George Washington University, 1982-1991;
past member of faculty senate, university commission on sponsored research, faculty advisor TBII chapter, member of faculty senate grievance committee, The George Washington University. Visiting research scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spring 1984. Board directors ANRO Engineering, Inc., Sarasota, Florida.
Consultant Eaton Corporation, Radio Corporation American, Sperry Rand, Maxson electronics corporation, Institute for Defense Analyses, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington.
Membership
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (advisory board Journal Quantum Electronics, member committee for technical forecasting and assesssment, chairman technical program committee 1978 Associated Press-S, mem.editorial board Proceedings 1986-1993, associate editor 1989-1992), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Optical Society American. Member Antennas and Propagation Standards of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (administrative committee, microwave theory and techniques standards committee, basic. science committee, associate editor transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 1964-1965, editor transactions Antenna and Propagation, 1977-1980, certified of achievement 1970), International Science Radio Union (Communications B and C), Philosophical Society of Washington, Society Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Cosmos Club, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi. M C.
Connections
Married Barbara Fairberg, March 25, 1962. Children: Hilde Elisabeth, Jonathan Daniel.
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Recipient Certified of Achievement Group on Antennas and Propagation Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Research Publications award Naval Research Lab, 1976. North Atlantic Treaty Organization senior fellow in science, 1973.Recipient Certified of Achievement Group on Antennas and Propagation Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Research Publications award Naval Research Lab, 1976. North Atlantic Treaty Organization senior fellow in science, 1973.