Alan N. Willson Jr.

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Alan N. Willson Jr. (born 1939) is the Distinguished Emeritus Professor and Charles P. Reames Chair of Electrical Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles, mainly, working with digital signs and systems processing, [1] and also a published author, being held in 262 libraries, the highest held being in 252 libraries. [2]

Wilson earned his undergraduate degree at Georgia Tech and his Ph.D. at Syracuse University. [3]

Awards

He has been given numerous awards and honors including:

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References

  1. "Alan N. Willson Jr". ee.ucla.edu. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  2. "Willson, Alan N." worldcat.org. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  3. "Dr. Alan Wilson Appointed Charles P. Reames Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering at UCLA". Society News. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. "Vitold Belevitch Award Recipients | IEEE CAS". Archived from the original on 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
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