William Littell Everitt
| William Littell Everitt | |
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| Born |
April 14, 1900 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Died | September 6, 1986 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Cornell University E.E. University of Michigan M.S. Ohio State University Ph.D. |
| Children | Bruce Everitt, Barbra Everitt Bryant, and Pamela Everitt. Randal Bryant (grandchild) |
| Awards |
IEEE Medal of Honor (1954) IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal (1957) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Ohio State University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Doctoral advisor | Frederic Columbus Blake |
| Doctoral students | Karl Spangenberg |
William Littell Everitt (April 14, 1900 – September 6, 1986) was a noted American electrical engineer, educator, and founding member of the National Academy of Engineering. He received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 1933. He was adviser of numerous outstanding scientists at OSU including Karl Spangenberg, and Nelson Wax. His PhD adviser was Frederic Columbus Blake.
Everitt was born in Baltimore, Maryland. From 1918-1919 he served in the United States Marine Corps, then joined Cornell University to study electrical engineering where he received his E.E. degree in 1922. From 1922-1924 he worked at the North Electric Manufacturing Company of Galion, Ohio, on telephony switchboards, then studied electrical engineering at the University of Michigan where he received his M.A. in 1926. He then joined Ohio State University (OSU) as assistant professor, becoming associate professor (1929) and full professor (1933) when he received that institution's Ph.D. under Frederic Blake. His dissertation was entitled The Calculation and Design of Alternating Current Networks Employing Triodes Operating During a Portion of a Cycle. While at OSU he developed the theory of Class B and Class C electronic amplifiers.
In 1940 Everitt was appointed to the National Defense Research Committee's Communications Section, and in 1942 became director of operations research with the United States Army Signal Corps, for which he received the Exceptionally Meritorious Civilian Award (1946). He was then professor of electrical engineering and head of department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1944–49) and dean (1949–68). The Electrical Engineering Laboratory there bears his name.
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