Sidney A. Bowhill Papers, 1946-85 | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Papers of Sydney A. Bowhill (1927- ), professor of electrical engineering (1962-85) including copies of outgoing correspondence (1955-85) concerning research articles on aeronomy and physics of the ionosphere, radio wave propagation & rocket & satellite studies of the upper atmosphere submitted for publication in the Transactions of the IRE Professional Group on Antennas & Propagation & Radio Science the journal of the U.S. National Committee of the International Radio Union & the Journal of Atmospheric & Terrestrial Physics (1965-82), program arrangements for meetings of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers & Institute of Radio Engineers; joint research projects; & graduate student applications, appointments & letters of recommendation. Subject files relate to contracts, laboratories, rocketry, meetings, experiments, reports & publications about programs, objectives & students for LIDAR studies, wave propagation & diffraction (1946-64), International Quiet Sun Year research (1957-68), & polar (1967-78) & space shuttle (1970-79) research sponsored by the American Geographical Union (1967-77) Committee on Space Research (COSPAR, 1961-85), Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE, 1962-71), Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE, 1946-64), Inter-Union Commission on Solar & Terrestrial Physics (IUCSTP, 1966-79), National Academy of Science (1963-67), National Aeronautics & Space Administration (1960-86), National Science Foundation (1963-82), & International Scientific Radio Union (URST, 1956-80). This series includes files on committees & research at Cambridge (1955-58), Penn State (1952-62), Illinois Electrical Engineering Dept (1966-85) & NASA Contractors (1966-86).