Robert Lucky -- Professional Data -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Education Purdue University: BSEE 1957, MSEE 1959, PhD 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Employment AT&T Bell Labs, 1961-1992 Executive Director, Communications Sciences Research Division Telcordia, 1992 - 2002, Corporate Vice President, Applied Research -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Awards Marconi International Prize, 1987 (Picture at right shows me receiving this award from Chief Justice Warren Berger, with Marconi's daughter, Mrs. Goia Marconi Braga, standing alongside.) IEEE Edison Medal, 1995 IEEE Emberson Award, 2002 Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, Purdue University, 1988 Honorary Doctorate of Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1991 Honorary Doctorate of Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1999 Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy, Monmouth University, 2000 US Air Force Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service, 1990 Elected Fellow, IEEE Elected to National Academy of Engineering Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elected to European Academy of Arts and Sciences Armstrong Award, IEEE Communications Society, 1975 Elected Emminent Member of Eta Kappa Nu, 1992 Distinguished Engineering Alumnus, Purdue University, 1969 Outstanding Electrical Engineering Alumnus, Purdue University, 1993 New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame, 1994 Golden Jubilee Award, Information Theory Society, 1997 Chairman's Award, Association of Engineering Societies, 1998 Centennial Medal, IEEE, 1984 Millenium Medal, IEEE, 2000 Resolution of Honor, New Jersey State Legislature, 1994 IEEE US Activities Board Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions, 1990 Society of Business Press Editors, Second Place, Best Regular Column Award Fellow Award from International Engineering Consortium, 1996 US Air Force Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service, 1996 Listed in Who's Who of America Honorable Mention, Most Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer, Eta Kappa Nu, 1967 Tau Beta Pi Eta Kappa Nu Graduated "Highest Distinction" from Purdue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected Boards, Committees, and other Responsibilities Chairman, US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, 1986-1989 Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Technological Advisory Council, 1998- Member, Defense Science
Board, 2003-
Board of Trustees, ANSER Corporation, 1996- Board of Directors, New York
Academy of Sciences, 2003- President, IEEE Communications Society, 1978-1979 Executive Vice President, IEEE, 1981-1982 Vice President, Publications, IEEE, 1978-1979 Editor, Proceedings of the IEEE, 1974-1976 Board of Governors, IEEE Information Theory Society, 1969-1974 Vice Chairman, IEEE Intercon Conferences, 1971 and 1972 IEEE Foundation Board 1998- 2001 Department of Energy, Laboratory Operations Board, 2002- National Board of Directors, Eta Kappa Nu, 1974-1977 Consulting Editor, Plenum Press, 1978- 1997 Chairman, International Symposium on Information Theory, 1976 Trustee and Board of Directors, Engineering Information, Inc. 1979-1986 Board of Directors, Computer Museum, 1985-1989 Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, NAE, 1986-1990 Chairman, Visiting Committee for Advanced Technology, NIST, 1993-1995 Board on Engineering Education, National Research Council, 1986-1994 Chairman, National Academy of Engineering, Electronics Section, 2000- Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, NRC, 1990-1994 Lemelson Advisory Board, Smithsonian Institution, 1998-2000 Engineering Advisory Board, Purdue University, 1972-1975, 1990- Engineering Advisory Board, Princeton University, 1995- Engineering Advisory Board, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1993- Engineering Advisory Board, Bradley University, 1979-1984 Systems Advisory Board, University of Pennsylvania, 1974-1975, 1979-1982 Engineering Advisory Board, UC Santa Barbara, 1980- Computer Science Visiting Committee, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1990-1992 Communications Advisory Committee, University of Maryland, 1985-1988 Engineering Advisory Board, National Science Foundation, 1983-1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Publications, Patents, and Talks About 70 technical publications Books Essays 11 Patents More than a thousand talks, including invited lectures at about 125 different universities Appearances on about a dozen television shows, including two Bill Moyer's shows, Today, PBS, "The Machine that Changed the World", Morton Downey, Jr. |