JBT
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American electrical engineer
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Male
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Birth:
14 July 1925(New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA)
Death:
13 September 2018
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Education:
Stanford University
Stanford University School of Engineering
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Biography
John Bowman Thomas (July 14, 1925 – September 13, 2018) was a noted American electrical engineer, educator, and a professor at Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1955. He was the adviser of numerous outstanding scientists including Vincent Poor, Jack Wolf, Abraham H. Haddad, Dag Tjøstheim, Hisashi Kobayashi, and Eugene Wong. His PhD adviser was Willis W. Harman, a President of IONS.