Joseph John Loferski
Engineering educator
Born Aug. 7, 1925, Hudson (PA), U.S.; son of Andrew and Mary (Kochuba); married Sylvia (Sweeda); children: Marianne, Patricia, Joseph, Barbara, Michael, Sharon.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), University of Scranton (PA), 1948; Master of Science (M.Sc.), 1949, Ph.D., 1953, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Career: research scientist, RCA Laboratories, Princeton (NJ), 1953-60; prof. (engineering), 1961 -, dean, Engineering Department, 1968-74. associate dean, Graduate School, 1980-83, Brown University, Providence (RI); counselor for scientific - technical affairs, U.S. Embassy, Warsaw (Poland), 1985-86; commissioner, Joint United States - Poland Commission on Cooperation in Science and Technology, 1988-91.
Author: 150 technical papers on semiconductors and conversion of sunlight into electricity via photovoltatic effects; 4 patents.
Member of: fellow, Institute of Electrical and electronic Engineers (IEEE), and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Providence Engineering Society.
Honors: Sigma Xi; Tau Beta Pi; Freeman Award, Providence Engineering Society, 1974; W. Cherry Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1981.
Served with: U.S. Army, technician 4th grade, 1943-46.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish, French, German, Russian.
Hobbies: reading, gardening, walking.
Home: 33 Slater Ave., Providence, RI 02906.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996