Diogenes James Angelakos (July 3, 1919 – June 7, 1997) was an American electrical engineer and professor emeritus of electronic engineering at the

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, who served as the director of the Electronics Research Laboratory for 20 years. He is credited with building up the research group into one of the university's biggest research labs. He is considered a pioneer in the fields of

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and

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Engineering career

He graduated from

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with a BS in electrical engineering in 1942 and his MS (1946) and PhD (1950) in the same field from

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. In 1964, he was appointed director of the Electronics Research Laboratory at the

. He was a Fellow, and later a Life Fellow, of the

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and an honorary member of the Hellenic Physical Society. Among his awards were the "Greek Independence Medal for Technical Assistance to Greek Science", the "Axion Award of the Hellenic-American Professional Society of California" and an award from the Directors of the Joint Services Electronic Program of the

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. He was also recipient of the Berkeley Citation,

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's highest award.

Unabomber

On July 2, 1982, Angelakos was the victim of a

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left by

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, the "Unabomber", at an electrical engineering and computer science faculty lounge in Cory Hall. He was injured in the face and right hand, but recovered nearly completely. After surgery he was able to re-learn how to write, but the powder burns left by the bomb were permanent. Fourteen years on, he expressed bafflement at the bomber's motives, saying that "If someone has a message to give to the world, you can't get it across by killing people. I just don't understand him at all. He must have some mental problems." Three years later, he was among the first people on the scene and administered

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when another of Kaczynski's bombs exploded and injured Berkeley graduate student John E. Hauser, a

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captain. Angelakos used his

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as a

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to stem the bleeding in Hauser's arm.

Personal life

Angelakos was born in

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. His wife Helen Hatzilambrou died on August 1, 1982, after 36 years of marriage, and he had two children. He died of

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at his home in

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in 1997. He was a adherent of the

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References

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