Biography - Seymour B. Cohn

Seymour B. Cohn (S'41-A'44-M'46-SM'51-F'59) was born in Stamford, Conn., on October 21, 1920. After receiving the B. E. degree in electrical engineering from Yale University, New Haven, Conn., in 1942, he worked for the Radio Research Laboratory of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., specializing in UHF and microwave receivers, circuits, and filters. In 1944 he represented the Radio Research Laboratory as a technical observer with the U. S. Air Force in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. Following the disbanding of the Radio Research Laboratory at the end of 1945, he enrolled as a graduate student at Harvard University and was awarded the M.S. degree in communication engineering in 1946, and the Ph.D. degree in engineering science and applied physics in 1948.