Sandy’s parents immigrated from Poland after WW1 and had no education. They both worked and Sandy with no nursery school or

kindergarten was a slow starter but then learned to read and at age 10 was a finalist for the radio program, “Quiz Down” in Miami, Florida.

Sandy, age 13, listens for aliens on short-wave radio!

High School Final Report Card, 1954How could MIT admit a straight B student! He was distracted by electronics,

cars, girls, and troublesome friends. However, note he did get an A, one quarter, in military!

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Sandy and High School Pals – 20 Years Later, 1974(When Sandy returned after first semester at MIT he visited the guy at far right in state prison farm for drag racing on Peachtree Rd without a

license suspended for previous drag racing)

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Sandy meets babe from Boston, Mahjie (Marjie) and contemplates marriage and children. The rest is history!

Daughter, Ellen, with grandkids, Tobi and Brody

Son, Glenn, with grandkids.

Inspecting tank before test drive!

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Learning to Fire the TOW Anti-Tank WeaponAs Member of Army Science Board, 1994

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Feb 18, 2015 Weinreb Greenstein Lecture

When Where Highlights

1936 NYC Born

1945-1949 Miami Built and fixed radios

1949-1954 Atlanta Fixed TV’s, cars, plucked chickens

1954-1958 Cambridge MIT, Outstanding EE Student Award

1957- Newton, MA Married, two children

1958-1963 Cambridge Ph.D. work, correlator, OH line

1965-1968 Green Bank NRAO, 140’ telescope receivers

1968-1988 Charlottesville NRAO, 36’telescope, VLA design

1989-1996 Columbia, MD Martin Marietta, learned MMIC design

1996-1999 Amherst, MA Umass, Teaching, MMIC design

1999- Pasadena, CA JPL , DSN Array, LNA’s, Mentoring

Highlights of Sandy’s CareerNote he is an experienced chicken plucker!