William K. Linvill | |
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Born |
Kansas City, Missouri |
August 8, 1919
Died | August 17, 1980 Palo Alto, California |
(aged 61)
Nationality | American |
Fields | Electrical engineering |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Doctoral advisor | Ernst Guillemin |
Doctoral students |
David Luenberger Bernard Widrow |
William Kirby Linvill (August 8, 1919 – August 17, 1980) was an American electrical engineer. He served as a professor at Stanford University from 1960 to 1980. He was the founder of the Institute in Engineering-Economic Systems at Stanford, which later became the Department of Engineering-Economic Systems, with Linvill as the first chair.