- Joseph M. Pettit
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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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footnotes =Joseph Mayo Pettit (born
July 15 ,1916 inRochester, 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 theGeorgia 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.]References
External links
* [http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/biography/pettit.html IEEE Profile of Joseph M. Pettit]
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