James Walter Gewartowski

Electrical engineer

Born Nov. 10, 1930, Chicago (IL), U.S.; son of Joseph and Irene (Dziekanowski); married Marion (Wakeman); children: Marion, Diane, Patricia, John, Karen.

Education: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (B.E.E.), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1952; Master of Electrical Engineering (M.E.E.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, 1953; Ph.D., Stanford University (CA), 1958.

Career: supervisor, Murray Hill (NJ), 1957-71, Allentown (PA), 1971-88, Breinigsville (PA), 1988-89, AT&T Bell Laboratories.

Author: co-author, Principles of Electron Tubes, 1965, Fundamentals of Electron Tubes, 1969; contributor, Microwave Semiconductor Devices and Their Circuit Applications, 1969; numerous technical articles in professional journals.

Member: fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); president, Sierra Club of Allentown.

Honors: Sigma Xi; Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu; Browder J. Thompson Memorial Prize, 1960, fellowship award, 1982, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic

Languages: English, Spanish

Hobbies: bridge, magic, tennis

Home: 2908 Edgemont Dr., Allentown, PA 18103

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996