About William E. Hord

1988                    Inducted into the Academy of Electrical Engineering

EDUCATION

1966                    Ph.D. – University of Missouri – Rolla (formerly Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy)

1963                    MSEE – University of Missouri – Rolla (formerly Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy)

1959                    BSEE – Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

WORK EXPERIENCE

2000 – Present  Retired

1984 – 2000      Vice President of Engineering and Technical Director, Microwave Applications Group, Santa Maria, CA

1969 – 1984      Professor, Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville

1983 – 1984      Acting Dean, School of Engineering

1974 – 1981      Chairman of Department of Engineering

1966 – 1969      Emerson Electric Company, St. Louis, MO

1960 – 1966      Instructor in EE, University of Missouri – Rolla

1959 – 1960      Sperry Gyroscope Company, New York, NY

OTHER

• 2003 Life Fellow Member IEEE
• 1998 Awarded Professional Degree of Electrical Engineering by University of Missouri at Rolla
• 1993 Named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
• 1984 IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Electrical Engineering Educator
• 1977 – 1978 President, St. Louis Engineering Guidance Council
• 1971 NASA-ASEE Summer Fellowship, Ames Research Center, California
• 1965 National Science Foundation Summer Fellowship
• Registered Professional Engineer in Missouri
• Member of Sigma Xi
• Member of Eta Kappa Nu
• Member of Phi Kappa Phi
• Member of Tau Beta Pi
• Numerous Publications and Presentations
• One Patent

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