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HAROLD E. M. BARLOW
1 899-1 989
BY EDWARD C. JORDAN
HARo~D E. M. BAR~ow, an internationally known figure
in radio wave propagation and microwave engineering, died
April 20, 1989, at age eighty-nine.
At the time of his death, Dr. Barlow was professor and
dean emeritus in the Faculty of Engineering, University
College, University of London, where he had served as head
of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineer-
ing for eighteen years.
Harold Barlow was born November 15, IS99, in London,
England, and educated at University College, London, re-
ceiving a B.Sc. degree in engineering in 1921 and a Ph.D.
in science in 1924. He was made a fellow of City and
Guilds College, London, and was awarded an honorary doctor
of science degree by Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh,
and an honorary doctor of engineering degree by Sheffield
University, Sheffield.
Dr. Barlow played a leading part in the wartime develop-
ment of radar. In 1939 he was seconded to work on radar
development and worked in the Telecommunications Research
Establishment from 1943 to 1945. He then became super-
intendent of the Radio Department of the Royal Aircraft
Establishment in Farnborough until 1950.
He served with distinction on many governmental advisory
boards where his broad background in both science and
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MEMORIAL TRIBUTES
engineering proved invaluable. As a member of the Advi-
sory Council of the Ministry of Technology British Calibration
Service and chairman of its High Frequency Measurements
Committee, he played an important role in the establishment
of international electrical standards of measurement.
Professor Barlow was a man of broad interests who achieved
outstanding success in all of them. As a research engineer
he became the foremost microwave authority in the United
Kingdom. He developed the theory and application of
surface waves and led in their application to a wide range
of problems such as high-speed railways.
As a professional engineer he was the inventor of a number
of important microwave devices including the Hall-effect
microwave watt meter, which has become a standard in
many laboratories around the world.
As an educator at University College he developed the
leading school of electrical engineering in England. He
revitalized the undergraduate course with greater emphasis
on fundamentals, introduced a successful M.Sc. course in
microwave engineering, and developed and led a strong
research school in microwaves.
Dr. Barlow became known internationally through his
many publications (more than one huncired) and through
his association with URST, the International Union of Radio
Science. In URST he became chairman of the United King-
dom National Committee and chairman of International
Commission VI (Radio Waves and Circuits). He was also
chairman of the (international) Electromagnetic Theory
Symposium. From URST he received the coveted Howard
Dellinger Gold Medal, the highest award in its field, for
"his contributions to the theory and practice of radio wave
propagation and particularly the study of guided waves."
From the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
he received the 1975 Mervin J. Kelley Award for "outstand-
ing work in the measurement and properties of radio frequency
waves, and their application to telecommunications."
Dr.. Barlow received many other honors and awards
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HAROLD E. M. BARLOW
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beginning with the Kelvin Premium of the Institution of
Electrical Engineers (London) in 1930 and including the
Faraday Medal (1957), a fellowship in the Royal Society of
London (1958), and finally the Royal Medal of the Royal
Society in 1988. After his retirement from the Pender chair
in 1967, he continued his research in the laboratory and
his writings on guided microwaves and wave propagation in
optical fibers. He served as the McKay Professor of Electrical
Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, in
1957 and was elected a foreign associate of the National
Academy of Engineering in ~ 979.
Professor Barlow had a fine personality and a delightful
sense of humor. Despite his success he remained modest
and once remarked that he felt so fortunate to be associated
with such talented junior colleagues. These men were attracted
by his warm personality and his generosity in sharing credit
with others. Throughout his career he was supported by
his charming wife Janet. International visitors recall with
pleasure being entertained in the Barlow home and garden.
Mrs. Barlow, three sons, and a daughter survive.
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