Nathan Cohn

Nathan Cohn

Notable awards	IEEE Edison Medal (1982) John Price Wetherill Medal

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

Biography

He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the MIT in 1927 where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.^[1] He worked for 48 years with the Leeds & Northrup Company, Philadelphia, manufacturer of precision electrical instruments and automatic control systems.^[2]

Honors and awards

IEEE Edison Medal in 1982
Fellow, IEEE
Fellow, Franklin Institute

IEEE Edison Medal

1976–2000	Murray Joslin (1976) Henri G. 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 L. 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)

Complete roster 1909–1925 1926–1950 1951–1975 1976–2000 2001–present

↑ Pi Lambda Phi 2010 Membership directory
↑ "Nathan Cohn". IEEE Global History Network. IEEE. Retrieved 25 July 2011.