James F. Fairman
James F. Fairman | |
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Born | (1896-04-08)April 8, 1896[1] Big Rapids, Michigan, U.S.[2] |
Died | April 25, 1967(1967-04-25) (aged 71)[3] Birmingham, Michigan, U.S. |
Awards | IEEE Edison Medal (1959) |
James Ferdinand Fairman (April 8, 1896 – April 25, 1967) was an American electrical engineer who received the IEEE Edison Medal in 1959 for "outstanding performance in improving the design of large electric power systems; for far-sighted leadership in atomic power development; and for unremitting efforts to improve the engineering profession".[4]
References
- ^ "James F. Fairman - GHN: IEEE Global History Network". ieeeghn.org. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1944). Electrical Engineering. Vol. 63. ISSN 0095-9197. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ "James F. Fairman Dead at 71 - Con Ed Nuclear-Energy Expert - Article - NYTimes.com". select.nytimes.com. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ "James F. Fairman". IEEE Global History Network. IEEE. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
External links
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IEEE Edison Medal
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- Vladimir K. Zworykin (1952)
- John F. Peters (1953)
- Oliver E. Buckley (1954)
- Leonid A. Umansky (1955)
- Comfort A. Adams (1956)
- John K. Hodnette (1957)
- Charles F. Kettering (1958)
- James F. Fairman (1959)
- Harold S. Osborne (1960)
- William B. Kouwenhoven (1961)
- Alexander C. Monteith (1962)
- John R. Pierce (1963)
- Walker Lee Cisler (1965)
- Wilmer L. Barrow (1966)
- George Harold Brown (1967)
- Charles F. Avila (1968)
- Hendrik Wade Bode (1969)
- Howard H. Aiken (1970)
- John Wistar Simpson (1971)
- William Hayward Pickering (1972)
- Bernard D. H. Tellegen (1973)
- Jan A. Rajchman (1974)
- Sidney Darlington (1975)