Philip J. Klass: A singular engineer - November 8, 1919 - August 9, 2005

Philip J. Klass, born in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, joined an IEEE predecessor in 1947 and was a member of this society and many of its predecessors since Groups/Societies were formed in the early 1950s. He received his BS degree in EE from Iowa State University in 1941, on the eve of WWII. Following this, he joined General Electric, from whence he moved to McGraw-Hill and its then-nascent magazine Aviation Week and Space Technology in 1952. His career there was reprised by their Tribute on page 58 of the August 15, 2005, issue. He was made a Fellow of the IEEE in 1973 for: "keeping the technical community accurately informed of significant avionics developments and business trends. Phil (as he preferred to be known) became world famous for his writings on aviation electronics, avionics, and unidentified flying objects. He was a personal friend to many of our present (and past) members. The rememberances that follow barely scratch the surface of this fellow engineer; they are presented as our tribute to his unending search for the truth.