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Archival as AuthorPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectHermann A. Haus
Dates
August 8, 1925 – May 21, 2003
Authorized Form of Name
Haus, Hermann A.
Additional Forms of Names
Haus, H. A. (Hermann A.)
Haus, Hermann A., 1925-2003
Haus, Hermann Anton
Biography
Abstract
Hermann Anton Haus was Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (1954-2003). His research interests included optical communications and quantum optics.
Important Dates
August 8, 1925Birth, Ljubljana (Slovenia) (Ljubljana, Yugoslavia).
1949Obtained BSc, Union College, New York, New York (N.Y.).
1951Obtained MEE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy (N.Y.).
1954Received ScD in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1954 – 2003Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering (1954-1958); Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering (1958-1962); Professor of Electrical Engineering (1962-1973); Elihu Thompson Professor of Electrical Engineering (1973-1986), and Institute Professor (1986-2003), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1987Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1995Awarded National Medal of Science.
May 21, 2003Death, Lexington, Massachusetts.
Occupation
Electrical engineer.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Haus, Cristina
Daughter.
Haus, Eleanor Laggis
Wife, married in 1953.
Haus, Helene Hynek
Mother.
Haus, Mary
Daughter.
Haus, Otto Maximilian
Father.
Haus, Stephen
Son.
Haus, William
Son.
Colleagues
Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Edgerton, Harold Eugene, 1903-1990
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Institutions
Major Positions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering
Obtained ScD in Electrical Engineering (1954). Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering; Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering; Professor of Electrical Engineering; Elihu Thompson Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Institute Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Department
Obtained MEE (1951).
Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.). EE/CS Department
Obtained BSc (1949).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Hermann A. Haus papers.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Hermann A. Haus response to Laser History Project Survey, 1983.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Electrodynamics of moving media [by] Paul Penfield, Jr., and Hermann A. Haus.
Noise in electron devices, edited by Louis D. Smullin and Hermann A. Haus.