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Nathan Cohn 
Notable awards IEEE Edison Medal
John Price Wetherill MedalNathan Cohn (Hartford, CT, 2 January 1907 – 16 November 1989) was an American electrical engineer, who was best known for his contributions to the control of interconnected electric power systems.
Biography
He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the MIT in 1927 where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.[1] He worked for 48 years with the Leeds & Northrup Company, Philadelphia, manufacturer of precision electrical instruments and automatic control systems.[2]
Honors and awards
- IEEE Edison Medal in 1982
- Fellow, IEEE
- Fellow, Franklin Institute
IEEE Edison Medal 1976–2000 Murray Joslin (1976) · Henri Busignies (1977) · Daniel E. Noble (1978) · Albert Rose (1979) · Robert Adler (1980) · C. Chapin Cutler (1981) · Nathan Cohn (1982) · Herman P. Schwan (1983) · Eugene I. Gordon (1984) · John D. Kraus (1985) · James L. Flanagan (1986) · Robert A. Henle (1987) · James Ross MacDonald (1988) · Nick Holonyak, Jr. (1989) · Archie W. Straiton (1990) · John Louis Moll (1991) · George D. Forney (1992) · James H. Pomerene (1993) · Leslie A. Geddes (1994) · Robert W. Lucky (1995) · Floyd Dunn (1996) · Esther M. Conwell (1997) · Rolf Landauer (1998) · Kees Schouhamer Immink (1999) · Jun-ichi Nishizawa (2000)
Complete roster: 1909–1925 · 1926–1950 · 1951–1975 · 1976–2000 · 2001–present - ^ Pi Lambda Phi 2010 Membership directory
- ^ "Nathan Cohn". IEEE Global History Network. IEEE. http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Nathan_Cohn. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
Categories:- 1907 births
- 1989 deaths
- American electrical engineers
- Fellow Members of the IEEE
- IEEE Edison Medal recipients
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