- Edward Ginzton
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name = Edward Ginzton
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birth_date = birth date|1915|12|27
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death_date = death date and age|1998|8|13|1915|12|27
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residence =United States
nationality = American
field =Electrical engineering
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awards =IEEE Medal of Honor Edward Leonard Ginzton (
December 27 ,1915 –August 13 1998 ) was a famous Ukrainian-Americanphysicist .Ginzton was awarded the
IEEE Medal of Honor in 1969 for "his outstanding contributions in advancing the technology of high powerklystron s and their application, especially to linear particle accelerators."Ginzton was a member of the
National Academy of Engineering and in the National Academy of Sciences.He attended the
University of California, Berkeley , where he received hisbachelor's degree in 1936 and hismaster's degree in 1937. He then attended Stanford University for graduate school, where he received a graduate degree in electrical engineering in 1938 and aPh.D. in applied physics in 1940.References
* cite web | url=http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/biography/ginzton.html | title=Edward L. Ginzton, 1915-1998 | work=IEEE History Center | publisher=IEEE | year=1969 | accessdate=2007-08-29
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