Julius Adams Stratton (May 18, 1901 – June 22, 1994) was a

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electrical engineer and university administrator. He attended the

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for one year, where he was admitted to the

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fraternity, then transferred to the

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(MIT), from which he graduated with a

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in 1923 and a

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in electrical engineering (EE) in 1926. He then followed graduate studies in Europe and the Technische Hochschule of Zürich ( ETH Zurich), Switzerland, awarded him the degree of Doctor of Science in 1927.

Professional biography

He published the classic book "Electromagnetic Theory" as part of the McGraw-Hill series in Pure and Applied Physics in 1941. It has been re-issued by the

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. He served as the president of MIT between 1959 and 1966, after serving the university in several lesser posts, notably appointments to provost in 1949,

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in 1951, and chancellor in 1956. In the 1955–1965 he served as member of Board of Trustees, RAND Corporation. He also served as the chairman of the

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between 1964 and 1971. In 1967, Stratton was seconded to chair a Congressionally established "Commission on Marine Sciences, Engineering and Resources" whose work culminated in a report, "Our Nation and the Sea", published in 1969, that had a major influence on ocean sciences and management in the United States and abroad. The commission itself became commonly referred to as the Stratton Commission. Stratton was also a founding member of the

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. Stratton collected his speeches in a 1966 book titled ''Science and the Educated Man: Selected Speeches of Julius A. Stratton'' (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1966), with a foreword by the historian of technology

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who had been on the faculty of MIT as a professor of humanities in the Sloan School of Industrial Management from 1946 to 1966. MIT's Julius Adams Stratton Student Center at 84

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is named in his honor.

Selected publications

Articles

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Books

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References

Sources

External links

IEEE History Center- IEEE minibio of Julius Stratton

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