Nathan Cohn

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Nathan Cohn

Notable awards IEEE Edison Medal

Nathan Cohn (Hartford, CT, 2 January 1907-16 November 1989) was an American electrican engineer, who was best known for his contributions to the control of interconnected electric power systems.

He receivced the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the MIT in 1957. He worked for 48 years with the Leeds & Northrup Company, Philadelphia, manufacturer of precision electrical instruments and automatic control systems.

[edit] Honors and Awards

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IEEE Edison Medal
1976-2000

Murray Joslin (1976) · Henri Busignies (1977) · Daniel E. Noble (1978) · Albert Rose (1979) · Robert Adler (1980) · C. Chapin Cutler (1981) · Nathan Cohn (1982) · Herman P. Schwan (1983) · Eugene I. Gordon (1984) · John D. Kraus (1985) · James L. Flanagan (1986) · Robert A. Henle (1987) · James Ross MacDonald (1988) · Nick Holonyak, Jr. (1989) · Archie W. Straiton (1990) · John Louis Moll (1991) · George D. Forney (1992) · James H. Pomerene (1993) · Leslie A. Geddes (1994) · Robert W. Lucky (1995) · Floyd Dunn (1996) · Esther M. Conwell (1997) · Rolf Landauer (1998) · Kees Schouhamer Immink (1999) · Jun-ichi Nishizawa (2000)
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