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Franklin F. Offner
Pages 188-193

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... He had excellent science teachers at Milwaukee University School, and they encouraged his obvious talent and native curiosity. He studied chemistry at Cornell University, but he apparently spent more time on ham radio than in chemistry labs.
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... Frank designed and built amplifiers, which allowed them to view on primitive oscilloscopes action potentials in the frog's sciatic nerve. As Frank told it later: viewing these nerve spikes changed his life's work.
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... This was necessary to help compensate for these vibrations, and the results hugely advanced propeller design and the success of our aircraft in World War II. Among the many war projects for which he was responsible are infrared missile guidance systems and heat-homing glide bombs, electronic fuel controls for jet engines, and the phase synchronizer for multipropeller planes.
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... He was also a Laureate in Technology of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, a recipient of the Professional Achievement Citation from the Alumni Association of the University of Chicago, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. And with more than sixty patents, many papers and books, and fresh ideas daily, Frank influenced those of us lucky enough to interact with him.
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