Irwin Dorros
Born(1929-10-03)October 3, 1929
Brooklyn, New York
DiedJune 22, 2019(2019-06-22) (aged 89)
New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Columbia University
SpouseJanet
Childrenthree
AwardsIEEE Founders Medal (1991)

Irwin Dorros (October 3, 1929 – June 22, 2019[1]) was an American telecommunications executive and engineer.

Dorros was born in New York and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University.[2] From 1956 to 1978, he served as the executive director of Bell Telephone Laboratories. He later left Bell to join AT&T for which he served as an assistant vice president from 1978 to 1983. In 1979, Irwin Dorros was elevated to the grade of IEEE fellow for the management of engineering projects associated with integrated nationwide telecommunications.[3] From 1984 to 1993, he was Executive vice president technical services for Bellcore.[4] He received the IEEE Founders Medal in 1991 "for distinguished technical leadership in the evolution of national telecommunications networks and the implementation of a major R&D resource".[5]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary Irwin Doros". dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  2. ^ IEEE Press (1984). Past to Present: A Century of Honors: the First Hundred Years of Award Winners, Honorary Members, Past Presidents, and Fellows of the Institute, Volume 16, Issue 2. IEEE Press. p. 200. ISBN 9780879421779.
  3. ^ "IEEE Fellows 1979 | IEEE Communications Society".
  4. ^ Chaudier, Louann (1986). WHO's Who in Technology: Who's who in Electronics & Computer Science. Research Publications. p. 26. ISBN 9780892351077.
  5. ^ "IEEE Founders Medal Recipients" (PDF). ieee.org. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-01.
Categories