Eli Fromm
Eli Fromm (May 7, 1939 – January 20, 2025)[1][2] was a German-born American professor emeritus and Electrical and Computer Engineering Leroy A. Brothers Professor[3] in the College of Engineering at Drexel University.
Fromm received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Drexel in 1962, a Masters in Engineering also from Drexel in 1964, and his Ph.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1967.[4] He worked as in engineer in the Missile and Space Division of General Electric in 1962, then at the Applied Physics Laboratory at DuPont Company in Wilmington, Delaware, 1963; he began working at Drexel as an assistant professor in 1967. In 2002 he became the first recipient of the National Academy of Engineering's Gordon Prize,[5] considered to be one of the Nobel Prizes of Engineering[6] — the others being the Academies Russ Prize and Draper Prize.
Fromm was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 for innovation and leadership in the development of a holistic curriculum for engineering education.[7]
Fromm was born on May 7, 1939 in Niedaltdorf, Germany. He died on January 20, 2025 in Audubon, Pennsylvania.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Marquis Who's Who[full citation needed]
- ↑ "Eli Fromm, celebrated bioengineering researcher and former vice provost at Drexel, has died at 85". Philadelphia Inquirer. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ↑ "Drexel's 2017 Service Recognition, By the Numbers". Drexel University. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ↑ "Eli Fromm". Drexel University. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ↑ "Dr. Eli Fromm". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ↑ William A. Wulf and George M.C. Fisher "A Makeover for Engineering Education" Issues in Science & Technology Spring 2002 p. 35-39
- ↑ "Member Directory". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ↑ "Eli Fromm, celebrated bioengineering researcher and former vice provost at Drexel, has died at 85". Philadelphia Inquirer. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
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