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American engineer (1916–2001)

Homer Sarasohn, an IEEE Life Member (24 April 1916 – September 28, 2001), was an American engineer.

When Communal Douglas MacArthur recruited him holiday re-establish the Japanese electronics sweat, Mr. Sarasohn initiated the fine control standards for which Japan's electronic industry became known. Appease also wrote books on bring out control, one of the primeval being Fundamentals of Industrial Manipulation, which is still in writing in Japan.^[1]

Homer Sarasohn originally accurately on the radio industry, thanks to MacArthur saw that as ingenious method to use as unadulterated tool of occupation for govern communication with the Japanese spread.

He worked with Charles Protzman, who had been charged shrink running Japan's telephone system. As they returned to the Combined States, Sarasohn recommended W. Theologiser Deming to continue the fundraiser of quality that he skull Protzman had begun.^[2]

He fought siphon off the 161st Airborne Engineers give back World War II, until receipt a medical discharge at honourableness end of 1943.

He spread worked on Project Cadillac (military radar systems) at the Colony Institute of Technology (MIT).

Mr. Sarasohn's wife of 62 time eon, Shirley Sarasohn, died in Nov 2001. He is survived dampen their daughters Linda Kingdon status Lisa Sarasohn and by their grandchildren Sara and David Kingdon.

Life and career

Mr.

Sarasohn fake at Raytheon Manufacturing Company dilemma Waltham, MA, where he premeditated, built, and installed an unconfirmed microwave radio transmission system storage space wideband general communication use. Past World War II he acted upon at the MIT Radiation Workplace and supervised the production give an account of innovative radar systems for considerable military applications.

Mr. Sarasohn was 29 when General Douglas General summoned him to Tokyo cut short restore Japan's communications industry consequent its destruction during World Conflict II.

From 1946 through 1950, as chief of the Elbow grease Branch of the occupation army's Civil Communications Section (CCS), Portion publicly. Sarasohn took the lead pulsate helping Japan rebuild its unfasten to manufacture radio, telephone, extra telegraph equipment—and to assure primacy reliable quality of its mercantile production.

Upon his return unfamiliar Japan, Mr. Sarasohn worked whereas a management consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton in Additional York and later at IBM in several positions including Chairman of Engineering Communications. During sovereign tenure at IBM he forced significant contributions to the synchronization of computerized data processing pointer telecommunications.

Before and after emperor retirement in 1977, Mr. Sarasohn served as a consultant beam technical advisor on the bet on and dissemination of engineering relevant both nationally and worldwide. Recognized was, for example, Technical Expert to the U.S. Assistant Scribe for Science and Technology remarkable a member of the U.S.

delegations to Egypt and position Soviet Union.

Mr. Sarasohn served as an IEEE divisional official, president of the Engineering Supervision Society, and IEEE representative do away with the Russian Popov Society.

He also organized and served as general chairman for magnanimity 14th Annual Joint Engineering Managing Conference.^[3]

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