Biography - E. L. Ginzton

Born in Russia in 1915, in Ekaterinoslav, now Dnepropetrovsk, Edward L. Ginzton came to the United States when he was 13. He attended the University of California, receiving the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering. With the encouragement and assistance of Dr. F. E. Terman, he transferred to Stanford University for graduate work in radio engineering, receiving the E.E. degree in 1938 and the Ph.D. degree in 1940, after specializing in the study of negative feedback and the theory and application of stabilized negative impedances.