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Nathan Cohn
Nathan Cohn
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He retired from his position of executive vice-president in 1972 and from corporate director in 1975. Following his Leeds & Northrup retirement, he remained active presenting invited lectures, serving as corporate director of several technologically-oriented companies, devising new patented techniques for improving interconnected power system operational performance and control, authoring and presenting technical papers, working as senior technical associate of Network Systems Development Associates, and participating in volunteer work.
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His terms as president of the National Electronics Conference, the ISA, and the Scientific Apparatus Makers Association; and as chairman of the Franklin Institute's board of managers, the IEEE's Fellows Committee and Awards Board, and the Intersociety Hoover Medal Awards Board were marked by innovation, achievement, and the esteem of those he led. For leadership and career accomplishments, he was awarded the IEEE's Edison Medal, the Scientific Apparatus Makers Award, and honorary membership in the ISA; and made an adviser to the International Federation of Automatic Control.
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In the Philadelphia community, he was vice-president of the Eagleville Hospital Rehabilitation Center and a trustee of Keneseth Israel Reform Congregation. Nat was a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi, and received an honorary doctor of engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1976.
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