Claud E. Cleeton

Claud E. Cleeton
Born	1907 USA
Died	April 16, 1997 Bellevue, Washington, USA
Residence	United States
Nationality	American
Fields	Physicist
Institutions	Naval Research Laboratory
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Doctoral advisor	Neal H. Williams
Known for	Microwave spectroscopy

Claud Edwin Cleeton (1907-1997) was a physicist notable for his groundbreaking work, with Neal H. Williams, on the microwave spectroscopy of ammonia. This was the groundwork that led to the eventual development of the radar.

Education

In 1935 he completed his PhD at the University of Michigan, under Neal H. Williams, with a thesis entitled: Electromagnetic-Waves of 1.1 cm Wavelength and the Absorption Spectrum of Ammonia.^[1]

Career

After obtaining his PhD, Cleeton went to work for the Navy and during World War II he was with the Naval Research Laboratory, where he improved radar systems. After the war, he conceived and developed a space surveillance system that detected Soviet satellites.

Honors

For his wartime efforts, Cleeton received the President's Certificate of Merit from Harry Truman in 1946 and the Meritorious Civilian Service Award the following year. After retiring from the Naval Research Laboratory in 1969, he was awarded the Navy Distinguished Civilian Award and in 1993 the IEEE Microwave Pioneer Award. He held patents on 15 electronic inventions and authored numerous papers in technical journals.

Retirement and Death

When he retired, he wrote books on stock trading, and he taught himself to use the computer.^[2] Cleeton joined the First United Methodist Church of Bellevue, Washington and wrote computer programs to do the church's bookkeeping. Cleeton also developed computer programs for stock analysis. Cleeton died of heart failure April 16, 1997, at the age of 89.

Cleeton was survived by his wife of 66 years, Mary Ellen; two daughters, Sue Guildi and Sarah Kakaley.

Books by Cleeton

• Claud E. Cleeton, The Art of Independent Investing, Pearson Education Limited, 1976, ISBN 0130472905

• Claud E. Cleeton, Strategies for the Option Trader, Wiley & Sons Limited, 1979, ISBN 0471049735

See also

• Trigonal pyramidal molecular geometry
• Ammonia
• Microwave spectroscopy
• Neal H. Williams

References

• P. Staecker, "Awards," IEEE Microwave Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2001, p. 123.

Notes

1. ^ Cleeton's PhD
2. ^ http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19970424&slug=2535443

External links

• Cleeton obituary
• Cleeton's thesis
• Cleeton's patent

Persondata
Name	Cleeton, Claud E.
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1907
Place of birth	USA
Date of death	April 16, 1997
Place of death	Bellevue, Washington, USA