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Leon K. Kirchmayer
Pages 194-197

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... Their daughter, Karen, has a bachelor's degree in accounting and an MBA, with an emphasis on management information systems. Kirch and his wife were avid sailors, skiers, hikers, swimmers, and dancers throughout their married life until 1984, when Kirch had an attack of severe arrhythmia that left him comatose.
From page 196...
... In that position, he developed advanced mathematical and computer techniques for improving electric utility system operations. In 1958, he became the manager of the System Generation Analytical Engineering Operation, and, from 1963 to 1977, manager of the System Planning and Control Section.
From page 197...
... Kirch's work was also recognized internationally. He received the Bernard Price Memorial Award from the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers, was a guest speaker at the India Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1979, and was a member of the IEEE Power Engineering Society delegation to China in 1978.


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