Andrew
B. Henderson, W8SR News - Nov 2010
HENDERSON, Andrew B. age 93, of Kettering, passed
away Sunday, November 28, 2010. Born in Morrison, Illinois,
Andy graduated from Lane Technical High School in Chicago, IL
and received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the Armor
Institute of Technology (Illinois Institute of Technology).
He was a life-long learner, attending numerous graduate schools
including The Ohio State University, Stevens Institute of Technology,
Air Force Institute of Technology, Washington University, and
Wright State University.
After working in New Jersey for Zenith Radio Corp.,
he came to Dayton, Ohio, to work for the Army Air Corps at Wright-Patterson
AFB for 34 years. He retired in 1974. While there, he was instrumental
in developing many innovative programs and systems during the
early years of radio telemetry and fire control. Andy was a
Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio for over
60 years.
He had a First Class Telephone and Telegraph License
and attained an expert amateur radio license (W8SR). He was
an avid amateur radio enthusiast for over 77 years who helped
many children in Dayton obtain their amateur licenses.
Andy was a member of the Institute of Electronic
and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), past president of the IEEE
National Aerospace & Electronics Conference (NAECON),
a consultant and volunteer for the City of Oakwood for over
25 yrs. on the Miami Valley Cable Communication Council, and
logged over 2000 hours as a volunteer at Kettering Memorial
Hospital. He was a Master Mason and member of the John W. Durst
Lodge, Dayton, Ohio.
He was preceded in death by his parents Caroline
and Washington Clarence Henderson and sisters Nellie and Ellen
Henderson and Grace Lasher, all of Chicago, IL. Andy is survived
by his loving wife of 66 years, Dorothy (nee Hartinger); daughters
Judy (Doug) Bauer of Thomasville, GA, and Barbara (David) Levy
of Naperville, IL; son Doug (Stephanie) Henderson of Dayton,
OH; grandchildren Melanie and Brian Bauer of Thomasville, GA,
Claire, Allison, Elizabeth and Tess Henderson of Dayton, OH;
and numerous nieces and nephews. . Interment will be in Dayton
Memorial Park cemetery.
Dr. Daniel W. Repperger
Jan 3, 2010
Truely
a gentleman and a scholar, Dan will be missed
The
Human Effectiveness Directorate had some very sad news to report
on their return to work on Monday 4 January 2010. Dr. Daniel
W. Repperger, DR-IV (GS-15), Electronics Engineer, Crew Interfaces
Branch, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Human Performance Wing,
Air Force Research Laboratory, passed away very suddenly from
a massive heart attack on 3 January 2010.
Dan was the kindest, gentlest
man who loved his job and had an unbelievable work ethic. He
had worked in government service with the United States Air
Force for approximately 35 years. Dr. Repperger held 14 patents
and 28 inventions and was an author in 434 publications. He
held awards and honors in the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers, the American Institute of Medical and professional
societies. Locally Dr. Repperger worked with Wright State University
School of Engineering and the Air Force Institute of Technology.
Nationally, he most recently worked with the Commonwealth of
Kentucky. Internationally, he supported NATO meetings, meetings
in New Zealand and was a keynote speaker at a major engineering
conference in China in 2008.
For his contributions to
the field of electrical engineering, Dr. Repperger held many
awards, including Fellow of the Air Force Research Laboratory,
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the Ohio
Academy of Science and the Aerospace Medical Association.
He was a superb mentor to
both civilian and military personnel as well as doctoral and
masters students and will be greatly missed at the Human Effectiveness
Directorate.
Daniel William Repperger - PHD 1973
From the Purdue Wall of Fame
D.
W. Repperger received his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degrees from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. and the Ph. D.
in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He joined
Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio in 1975 as a US National
Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, and remained their as
a distinguished research officer. During this tenure, he has
worked on control theory related applications with a special
emphasis on biomedical and human-machine interfaces. Dr. Repperger
presently serves on a number of editorial boards including two
IEEE Transactions and an IFAC journal (IEEE Transactions on
Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems
and Rehabilitation Engineering, and Control Engineering Practice).
In addition to these activities, he has served on various conference
committees and IEEE Society activities. In 1995 he was elected
Distinguished Member, and in 1996 elected Fellow of the IEEE
(Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers). In 2000
he was a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal for his
professional activities. In 2001 he was elected Fellow of the
AIMBE (American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering)
and Fellow of the US Air Force Research Laboratory.
REPPERGER, Daniel William Jr., age 67 of Kettering
, OH, passed away unexpectedly Jan. 3, 2010 in Dayton, OH .
Much beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather and uncle
will be dearly missed by his family and friends. Dan was a graduate
of Binghamton , NY city schools. He received a BSEE (1967) and
MSEE (1968) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY;
PhD (1973) in electrical engineering from Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN. He was a David Ross Research Fellow at Purdue
from 1971-1973 and a National Research Council Post-Doctoral
Fellow at Wright-Patterson AFB from 1973-1975 and has been at
Wright-Patterson AFB, Air Force Research Lab, Human Effectiveness
Directorate since 1975. Dan was a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau
Beta Pi, Sigma Xi , is a Registered Professional Engineer in
Ohio, and on the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Academy of Sciences.
He was elected Fellow of the IEEE, Air Force Research Laboratory,
American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, Ohio
Academy of Sciences and Aerospace Medical Association. Dan authored
over 400 technical journal articles, reports and conference
publications, 8 encyclopedia and book chapters; selected as
Associate Editor of 5 international journals, obtained 14 US
patents, 28 Air Force invention registrations. His honors and
awards include the Harry G. Armstrong Scientific Excellence
Award, Human Effectiveness Directorate Mentor of the Year, IEEE
Third Millennium Medal Winner and the IEEE Dayton Fritz Russ
Award. Dan is listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering
and American Men and Women of Science. He received international
recognition in haptic controllers, human-machine interface performance
enhancement, and math methods development. He conducted early
space shuttle experiments. His mathematical and scientific innovations
have revolutionized image and network complexity analysis. Born
November 24, 1942 in Charleston , SC , Dan was preceded in death
by his parents Daniel W and Mary Schurer Repperger. He is survived
by his wife of 22 years, Frances Sullivan Repperger; daughter
Lisa Cornwell and son Daniel Repperger III; grandsons Marcus
Cornwell and Austin Repperger; sister Marjorie Brown Reynolds
of Rio Vista, CA; and niece and nephews, Brenda Brown, Julian
Brown and Keith Brown. Family will receive friends at Routsong
Funeral Home, 2100 East Stroop Rd , Kettering from 4:00-7:00PM
on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Memorial Services will be held on
Friday, Jan. 15, 2010 at 11:00AM at St. Paul 's Episcopal Church,
33 West Dixon Ave. , Oakwood. Private burial at Woodland Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, charitable memorial contributions may be
made to the Engineers Club of Dayton Foundation Inc., 110 East
Monument St., Dayton OH 45402 and The Dayton Foundation, 500
Kettering Tower, Dayton OH 45423. Condolences and other remembrances
may be sent to the family at www.routsong.com
Richard "Dick"
Moff
In 2006, Dick Moff retired from Awards Chair position after
decades of dedicated service to the IEEE Dayton Section. He
recieved an Extended Service Award. Dick always had a twinkle
in his eye and brought joy to those he knew.
Professor
Krishna Pasala
Professor Krishna Pasala, Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Dayton
Dayton Community Looses International
Scholar and Dedicated Teacher
Jan 2008: The Dayton community mourns the passing
of a significant member of the electrical and computer engineering
field. Professor Krishna Pasala was a nationally and internationally
recognized scholar, working in the areas of electromagnetics,
antennas and adaptive signal processing. Over the last 25 years,
he has combined a career of enthusiastic teaching, innovative
multidisciplinary research, and mentoring of undergraduate and
graduate students, and faculty. His tireless efforts have resulted
in strong partnerships between The University of Dayton and
the Air Force Research Labs in both collaborative research and
course offerings.
Dr. Krishna Murthy Pasala was born in Eluru India.
He obtained his PhD from the prestigious Indian Institute of
Science (IISc) in 1975 after earning his Bachelors in Engineering
degree from the College of Engineering at Kakinada University
in 1970. In 1980 began his association with UD, first with the
university research institute (UDRI) and then ultimately as
Full Professor with the Electrical and Computer engineering
(ECE) department faculty where he taught for over 30 years.
He dedicated his career in ECE to the education
of undergraduate and graduate students. In the course of Dr.
Pasala's career he mentored many graduate students including
his contributions as committee advisor for over 25 MS and PhD
students. His students will remember him as an extraordinarily
gifted teacher who with noble and inspirational techniques conveyed
the beauty of science to his students. Many of his former students
are active members of his research team addressing scientific
challenges of the day. New courses he had introduced in the
curriculum are offered at UD and WPAFB.
Dr. Pasala was instrumental in forging a strong
and continued relationship between WPAFB and UD and more recently
with IISc. He had numerous publications in prestigious journals.
His work is often cited in Aviation Week and Space Technology.
His work is a testimony to the level of cutting edge research
that he and his research group performed.
We honor his leadership, dedication and commitment
to the communities he served. He is survived by his Mother Alivelu
Manga Thayaramma, Wife Usha, Daughters: Sheela, Swapna, Prasanthi,
Kavitha; Sons-in-law: Venu, Haree and Grand Daughters: Sanjana
and Shalini.
Memorial For Fritz
J. Russ
Dr.
Fritz J Russ, passed away Wednesday, November
3, 2004. He was 84. His innovation, vision and technical expertise
spanned an engineering career of more than 55 years and many
engineering firsts. Russ graduated from Ohio University in 1942
with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering. At the
Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., he helped build
the world’s first high-voltage, RF-generated power supply, later
used in every television set.
During WWII, he designed data collection equipment
for the first U.S. post-war nuclear tests and traveled to Bikini
Atoll in the Marshall Islands to witness the explosions. He
also oversaw development of the first electronic control system
for large diesel generators, resulting in two patents. At Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base, he invented a firing error indicator to measure
the precise distance by which an aircraft gun misses its target
and then adjusts the gun in time for the next shot. In the early
1950s, he and his beloved wife, Dolores, founded Knollwood Electronics
and developed the first known transistorized wireless electric
guitar.
In 1955, they founded Dayton’s Systems Research
Laboratories (SRL), which grew into one of the world’s largest
and most productive, independent engineering and technology
research firms. In the early space program days, SRL helped
select the first astronauts and test space suits. The company
also created a blood pressure monitoring instrument that became
the basis for the central monitoring of multiple blood pressures
in hospitals, and later achieved milestones in lasers, chemical
warfare shelters and artificial intelligence. Russ later managed
his own consulting firm, Russ Venture Group.
During his career, he was appointed by President
Gerald Ford to the President’s Committee on Science to study
national science, technology and engineering policies. Russ
also served on many corporate and civic boards, including the
Ohio University Board of Trustees, Foundation Board of Trustees
and Russ College Board of Visitors, and those of Wright State
University and the Ohio Commodores. He received many national
and state accolades, including the E. J. Nutter Award presented
on “Fritz Russ Day” in Greene County, Ohio, the naming of the
Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ College of Engineering and Technology
at Ohio University, the naming of the Fritz and Dolores Russ
Engineering Center at Wright State University, an honorary doctorate
in engineering from Ohio University, and the Ohio University
Medal of Merit, Alumnus of the Year Award, and Founders Citation.
An avid ham radio enthusiast and private pilot,
he was a lifelong champion of engineering education, establishing
the National Academy of Engineering’s Fritz J. and Dolores H.
Russ Prize with his wife in the ’90s. One of the world’s top
three engineering prizes, the Russ Prize recognizes outstanding
achievement in an engineering field that contributes to the
advancement engineering and improves the human condition. He
and his wife were most generous benefactors to Cedarville University,
Ohio University and Wright State University. Dr Russ established
a fund for the Dayton Section IEEE for an annual award to an
outstanding candidate
Memorials John
Kraus & Chen-To Tai
To those in the electromagnetics community. The IEEE Antennas
& Propagation Society has suffered two great losses in the past
month.
John Kraus (OSU Professor Emeritus,
pioneer in radio astronomy, famous for the "Big Ear," his texts
in antenna theory, and amateur radio operator W8JK)
passed away July 18, 2004.
Also, Chen-To Tai (U of M Professor
Emeritus, known for his many contributions to vector analysis,
Dyadic Green's functions, and mathematics in field theory) passed
away July 30, 2004. Many persons had the privilege to meet,
study under, or collaborate with them, and their contributions
to our field and to our Society were (and will continue to be)
huge.
Memorial for Irving
Mayer
Irving Mayer died on the evening of March 25th, 2004 at the
Harborside Nursing Home in Troy, Ohio. He was 90 years old.
Irving was born in Atlanta Georgia, Oct. 5th 1913. He served
in the Army in Italy during the Second World War. He lived most
of his life in Fairborn, working at Wright Patterson Air Force
Base as an electronics engineer. After his retirement he became
active in Ohio State Science Days and was an enthusiastic supporter
of local conservation organizations. He served on the Boards
of Directors of the Glen Helen Association and the Dayton Museum
of Natural History.
Memorial for
Daniel Keith Mevis
Local IEEE Member, Daniel Keith Mevis, passed away on Friday
March 21st at WPAFB Medical Center. If desired, contributions
may be made to the National Morrow Donor Program, The National
Foundation www.themarrowfoundation.org
or the National Transplant Assistance Fund, NTAF Stem Cell Transplant
Fund www.transplantfund.org
in Daniel's memory.
Memorial for Walt
Nolte
Walt Nolte passed away unexpectedly in February
2002. Walt was a key member of Dayton Section IEEE and served
on its Executive Committee for several years. He arrived in
Dayton in 1960, already a four-year member of AIEE American
Institute of Electrical Engineers. In 1963, he joined McGraw-Hill
Information Systems where he was involved with coordinating
the selected expertise of the U.S. Science/Technology community
with information evaluation requirements of the Foreign Technology
Division of the Air Force Systems Command (FTD). Walt was elected
as the Dayton Section IEEE Chairman in 1978 and has continued
to be an active member throughout the years. For the last several
years, he was the Section's Affiliate Council representative
at the Dayton Engineer's club. He also served as the Section's
primary contact point with IEEE headquarters for coordinating
and maintaining the Section's membership list and mailing information.
We, who served with Walt at various Dayton Section
IEEE meetings and functions, were frequently guided by Walt
's vast experience and knowledge of details that formed the
history of our Section.
Memorial for John
"Jack" Cannon
Jack Cannon passed away on Saturday, June 30,
2001 at his residence. He seemed to be in good health when he
retired for the night, but never woke up in the morning. Jack
was born on July 30, 1926, in Ironton, Ohio. He served during
WWII aboard the U.S.S. Vinton in the Pacific Fleet. He was a
graduate of Miami University with a B.A. in Physics in 1950
and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1973. Jack
was an active member of the Dayton Section IEEE for the past
several years, having served through all the chairs and was
the Section Chairman in 1998. During the last two years he was
the driving force toward getting the executive committee of
IEEE to approve an Electronic Engineering Milestone Award for
NCR Building 26, which housed the U.S. Naval Computing Machine
Laboratory during World War II. This was the site of highly
classified research, development and manufacturing work performed
to crack the German coding machine Enigma, which includes the
contributions of women tasked to the war effort (WAVES) (Women
Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) Jack retired in 1992
after 41 years of distinguished civilian service at Wright Patterson
Air Force Base in planning, research and development. Jack's
final assignment from 1987 to 1992, involved cementing a civilian
technology transfer initiative between WPAFB's Aeronautical
Systems Center, the State of Ohio and area colleges and universities.
For his work in this area, he was bestowed the award for Meritorious
Civilian Service by the Dept. of the Air Force and recognized
by, then, Governor Richard F. Celeste. Jack was known to approach
his earthly life with great purpose, conviction, self-assuredness,
curiosity, wisdom, humor, humility, thankfulness and peace.

Memorial
for Lt. Col. Charles Brothers