Willard Van Tuyl Rusch

Background

Rusch, Willard Van Tuyl was born on July 12, 1933 in New York City. Son of Hugo Leonard and Cynthia Katherine (Van Tuyl) Rusch.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, 1954. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1959.

Career

Instructor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1958-1959; assistant professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1960-1963; associate professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1963-1972; professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1972-1993. Consultant Jet Propulsion Laboratory National Aeronautics and Space Administration, European Space Agency, numerous aerospace companies, United States, Europe, 1960-1993. Visiting scientist Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1962.

Member technical staff Bell Telephone laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1966-1967. Visiting professor Lab Electromagnetic Theory, Lyngby, Denmark, 1973-1974. Senior Scientist Max Planck Institute Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany, 1980-1981.

Achievements

• Willard Van Tuyl Rusch has been listed as a noteworthy Electrical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Connections

Married Joann Foster Garrett, June 22, 1957. Children: Leonard, Martha, Willard II, Joseph.

Father:

Hugo Leonard Rusch

Mother:

Cynthia Katherine (Van Tuyl) Rusch

Spouse:

Joann Foster Garrett

child:

Leonard Rusch

child:

Joseph Rusch

child:

Willard II Rusch

child:

Martha Rusch