Lawrence Quarles
Lawrence Quarles was the dean of the University of Virginia School of Engineering in 1962. [1]
Quarles was born in Charlottesville in 1908. The Quarles family were prominent citizens of Albermarle since the 1700s, and Quarles's family owned hundreds of acres in the area. Quarles attended the University of Virginia and earned his bachelor's of Engineering in 1929. He later was a Service Fellow in physics and electrical engineering in 1932, and earned a doctorate in Physics from the University in 1935.
He became an instructor of electrical engineering sometime after and became a professor in 1947. During wartime, Quarles became a consultant for electronics problems with the Rouss Physical Library under the Office of Scientific Research and Development. He also was affiliated with the Institute of Radio Engineers as of 1942, later becoming a senior member, as well as the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi. [2] In the local area, he served as member of the Albermarle County School Board and chairman of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority. [3]
Quarles served as dean of the Engineering School for 18 years, retiring in 1973. While on leave from the University, he acted as Chief Development Engineer with Oak Ridge National Labratory and a consultant to the air force and what is now known as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. [3]
Quarles died in 1987 of heart failure in Longwood, Pennsylvania at the age of 79. [3]
References
- ↑ Web. Quarles Recommends Interrelation of Knowledge in Speech to UUAW, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, March 15, 19, retrieved June 10, 2017 from University of Virginia Library. Print. March 15, 1962 page 6.
- ↑ Web. Lawrence R. Quarles, Proceedings of the I.R.E-- Waves and Electrons Section, retrieved July 10, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Web. Obituary, The Morning News, Wilmington, Delaware, August 18, 1987, retrieved July 10, 2024.