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H. Clayton Cook Jr. '56
has joined the Washington, D.C., office of Fulbright & Jaworski
L.L.P. as a senior counsel responsible for the development
of the firm's maritime practice. Mr. Cook served as General
Counsel of the U.S. Maritime Administration from 1970 until
1973, where he was responsible for the implementation of
the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 and the drafting of the
Federal Ship Financing Act of 1972. Mr. Cook has served
as a member and committee chair of the Judicial Review
Committee of the Administrative Conference of the United
States in the Carter and Reagan administrations, a member
of the Office of Technology Assessment Citizens Advisory
Panel for the Reagan Administration study on U.S. Maritime
Trade and Technology, and a member of the Military Sealift
Command National Defense Executive Reserve in the Reagan
and Bush administrations. He earned his bachelor's degree
in chemical engineering and received his LL.B. in 1960
from the University of Virginia Law School.
Robert Kahn *62
*64 has received the 2002 Prince of Asturias Award for
Technical and Scientific Research, which recognizes a "scientific,
technological, cultural, social, and humanistic work performed
by individuals, groups, or institutions worldwide." It
consists of a diploma, a sculpture by Spanish artist Joan
Miro, and a cash prize. Dr. Kahn was chosen because of
his efforts as the joint inventor of the TCP/IP protocols
and his role in setting up the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA) Internet Program. Currently he
is chairman, chief executive officer, and president of
the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI).
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and
of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee.
He is also a fellow of IEEE and of AAAI, and a former member
of both the National Library of Medicine's Board of Regents
and the President's Advisory Council on the National Information
Infrastructure. Dr. Kahn earned his master's degree and
his Ph.D. in electrical engineering.
James C. Furnivall '80,
General Partner, Canaan Partners, an investment firm in
Rowayton, Conn., and Menlo Park, Calif., visited campus
on Tuesday, Nov. 12, to speak on "Venture Capital After
the Bubble: Back to Basics."
Marc Goldburg '82
was named Research Leader in Communications by Scientific
American in its first annual list recognizing those who
have made technology contributions to the wireless communications
industry. Mr. Goldburg, who is chief technology officer
at ArrayComm, Inc., was recognized for his pioneering role
in the development of ArrayComm's adaptive antenna technology,
which improves the coverage, capacity and quality of wireless
communications systems. Mr. Goldburg is one of ArrayComm's
founding technical members. Over the past several years,
he has worked intensively on wireless data network architectures
and protocols in the context of ArrayComm's i-BURST(TM)
Personal Broadband System. Earlier in the company's 10-year
history, he played a lead role in the development of ArrayComm's
spatial processing technology for cellular voice systems.
Prior to ArrayComm, his experience includes a staff position
at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he participated in developing
the weather radar systems deployed nationally for weather
prediction and aviation safety, and a research position
at Stanford University in statistical signal processing.
Mr. Goldburg earned his bachelor's degree in electrical
engineering and holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering
from Stanford University, and an M.S.E.E. from the University
of Washington. The magazine's complete list is available
at: www.sciam.com.
Teacher, Mentor, Friend
On Oct. 10, 2002, more than 50 friends, former
students, and colleagues gathered at the Friend Center
for Engineering Education to celebrate Professor George
Warfield's great teaching and scholarship. Through the
generous gift of George Heilmeier *62, the George Warfield
Classroom was dedicated to commemorate Professor Warfield's
influence on two generations of Princeton electrical engineers.
Pictured above, from left, are George Heilmeier, Janet
Heilmeier, Lauraine Warfield, and Professor Warfield.
Photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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