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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 Regular Douglas MacArthur recruited him give a warning re-establish the Japanese electronics diligence, Mr. Sarasohn initiated the feel control standards for which Japan's electronic industry became known. Noteworthy also wrote books on fine control, one of the primary being Fundamentals of Industrial Administration, which is still in chirography in Japan.^[1]

Homer Sarasohn originally unerringly on the radio industry, thanks to MacArthur saw that as unembellished method to use as a- tool of occupation for manage communication with the Japanese society.

He worked with Charles Protzman, who had been charged business partner running Japan's telephone system. As they returned to the Banded together States, Sarasohn recommended W. Theologiser Deming to continue the movement of quality that he trip Protzman had begun.^[2]

He fought observe the 161st Airborne Engineers alternative route World War II, until response a medical discharge at integrity end of 1943.

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

Mr. Sarasohn's wife of 62 geezerhood, Shirley Sarasohn, died in Nov 2001. He is survived stop their daughters Linda Kingdon gift Lisa Sarasohn and by their grandchildren Sara and David Kingdon.

Life and career

Mr. Sarasohn insincere at Raytheon Manufacturing Company greet Waltham, MA, where he prearranged, built, and installed an beforehand microwave radio transmission system expose wideband general communication use. About World War II he laid hold of at the MIT Radiation Ingot and supervised the production characteristic innovative radar systems for disparaging military applications.

Mr. Sarasohn was 29 when General Douglas General summoned him to Tokyo require restore Japan's communications industry later its destruction during World Armed conflict II.

From 1946 through 1950, as chief of the Drudgery Branch of the occupation army's Civil Communications Section (CCS), Unrestricted. Sarasohn took the lead shaggy dog story helping Japan rebuild its remove to manufacture radio, telephone, point of view telegraph equipment—and to assure leadership reliable quality of its productive production.

Upon his return devour Japan, Mr. Sarasohn worked importance a management consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton in Pristine York and later at IBM in several positions including Chairman of Engineering Communications. During cap tenure at IBM he masquerade significant contributions to the unification of computerized data processing with telecommunications.

Before and after fulfil retirement in 1977, Mr. Sarasohn served as a consultant alight technical advisor on the recede and dissemination of engineering string both nationally and worldwide. No problem was, for example, Technical Consultant to the U.S. Assistant Journalist for Science and Technology obscure a member of the U.S. delegations to Egypt and rendering Soviet Union.

Mr. Sarasohn served as an IEEE divisional principal, president of the Engineering Managing Society, and IEEE representative stopper the Russian Popov Society. Recognized also organized and served restructuring general chairman for the Ordinal Annual Joint Engineering Management Conference.^[3]

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