Philip Parzen
Physical electronics educator
Born Jun. 28, 1916, Tuszyn, Poland; came to U.S., 1920; son of Samuel and Sarah (Getzel); married Trude (Rosenthal); children: Stanley, Julia.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (in physics), City College of New York (CCNY), 1939, Master of Science (M.S.) (in physics), 1946, Ph.D. (in applied mathematics), 1953, New York University (NYU), New York City.
Career: development engineer, Federal Telecommunication Laboratories, International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation (ITT), 1947-53; research scientist, Radiation Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (MD), 1953-56; research associate prof. (electrical engineering), Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (NY), 1956-58; research director, Parzen Associate's, Mineola (NY), 1958-60; space physics chief, Republic Aviation, Farmingdale (NY), 1960-62; staff engineer, Astro Electronics Division, Radio Corporation of America, 1962-68, consultant, 1968-69, Princeton (NJ); prof. (information engineering), 1969-86, prof. emeritus, 1986 -, University of Illinois, Chicago.
Author: Transition Radiation Beam Modulator (invention); 2 patents; numerous articles in professional journals.
Member of: assistant scout master, Boy Scouts of America, 1962-64; life member, Institute ofElectrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); American Physical Society.
Honors: Pi Mu Epsilon; listed in: American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in the Midwest.
Language: English.
Home: 247 East Chestnut Street #2102, Chicago, IL 60611.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.