Joseph M. Pettit

Infobox Scientist
name = Joseph Mayo Pettit
caption = Joseph M. Pettit (1916 - 1986)
birth_date = July 15, 1916
birth_place = Rochester, MN
death_date = death date and age|1986|9|15|1916|7|15
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field = Electronic Engineer
work_institutions = Stanford, Georgia Tech
alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley, Stanford
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doctoral_students = Donald Pederson
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prizes = President's Certificate of Merit (1949)
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Joseph Mayo Pettit (born July 15, 1916 in Rochester, Minnesota, died September 1986)cite web |url=http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/biography/pettit.html |title=Joseph M. Pettit, 1916 - 1986 |accessdate=2007-03-16 |format= |work= ] was an engineer who became president of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1972 to 1986. [ [http://www-stage.gatech.edu/icpa/toolbox/tech-info/tech-information.html History of Georgia Tech] . Georgia Tech Institute Communications and Public Affairs. Retrieved October 8, 2008.]

Pettit is the namesake for the Joseph Mayo Pettit Distinguished Service Award, conferred by the Georgia Tech ANAK Society. [ [http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/anak/pettit.html About the Pettit Award] . Retrieved October 8, 2008.]

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* [http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/biography/pettit.html IEEE Profile of Joseph M. Pettit]