ANTON
MAVRETIČ
1934-2019
SPACE VOYAGER
Mavretič at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Photo : KSEVT .
An electrical engineer involved in work on radio transmitters , analogue circuit boards , semiconductors , plasma , the solar wind , and patent arbitration procedures .
Born in the small village of Boldraž on 11 December 1934 , Mavretič started studying electrical engineering at the University of Ljubljana before boarding a ship to the U . S ., where he graduated from University of Denver . After a brief visit to his homeland , he returned to the Syracuse University , NY , and completed a year of PhD studies . He worked for Westinghouse in Pittsburgh the following year , whereupon he completed his PhD at the Pennsylvania State University . His last position before retirement was as a professor and research associate at Boston University ’ s Center for Space Physics . He received multiple awards for his work on space technologies , was a lifelong member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , and a corresponding member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts . He died on 21 November 2019 in Boston , Massachusetts , where he is buried .
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