Jacob Rabinow
Jacob Rabinow (1910-1999) was born in Kharkov, Ukraine. His family moved to New York City in 1921, where Rabinow received a Bachelors Degree in Engineering and a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from City College of New York. He joined the National Bureau of Standards in 1938, working on a variety of ordnance devices throughout World War II and eventually becoming Chief, Electro-Mechanical Ordnance Division. He left NBS in 1954 to create two engineering companies; the first was merged with Control Data Corporation in 1964, and the second was sold to Harmon Kardon Corporation in 1972.
In 1972, Rabinow rejoined NBS as Chief Research Engineer. Retiring in 1975, he returned once again to consult for NBS in the field of energy related inventions. Rabinow held 230 U.S. patents. For additional information on Rabinow, click here.
Last Updated on October 28, 2004
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