Milton Kant
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Biography
Milton Kant was born on 8 November 1925, and earned a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from City College of New York in 1947. Between 1948 and 1950 he was working on design and installation of air navigation facilities and stations for Civil Aeronautics Administration (now the Federal Aviation Administration). From 1950 to 1954, he was responsible for development of automatic instrumentation for ground electronic systems for the Air Force, Rome Air Development Center, Rome, New York. Between 1954 and 1970, he was responsible for RF interference measurements on systems, equipment, and components which were produced by various divisions of Sperry Gyroscope Company/Sperry Rand Corporation. Responsible for EMI system analysis and EMC compatibility for shipboard and airborne systems. From 1970 to 1992 he worked at the Radio Corporation of America (RCA)/General Electric (GE) Corporation, primarily on the AEGIS Program. It started with EMI/EMC work on the equipment of the AEGIS Weapon System. It culminated with responsibility for the RCA/GE participation in ship integration/topside design (as a member of the Topside Design Integration Team – TDIET) for the AEGIS Cruiser and Destroyer.
After instigating and co-founding the Professional Group on Radio Frequency Interference (PGRFI) in 1957, he participated as a member of the first Administrative Committee (AdCom) of the PGRFI (1957-1961). He also served as Secretary of the AdCom from 1960-1961 and Chair of the Constitution and By-Laws Committee. He was Chair of the 1965 EMC Symposium and a member of the 1971 EMC Symposium Committee. He chaired both the New York EMC Chapter and the Philadelphia EMC Chapter. He was the Editor of the first PGRFI Newsletter.
Photo gallery
Six founders of the IEEE EMCS in 2007, l-r: James McNaul, Vince Mancino, Milton Kant, Ralph Showers, Sam Burruano, Tony Zimbalatti
Published papers
- Co-Author – “Automatic Instrumentation for Ground Electronic Equipment” – Presented at the 1953 Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) Convention.
- Co-Author – “Spurious Radiation Measurements on Radar Set AN/FPS-35” – Presented at the Sixth Armour Conference – October – 1960.
Historical papers
A description of Kant's historical papers collection can be found in "Historical Documents - Compliments of Milton Kant", by Dan Hoolihan, originally published in the 2019 Volume 8, Quarter 1 issue of IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Magazine.
- 1957 Kant- RITC -Los Angeles
- March 1957 letters relative to April 10th Meeting
- April 1957 letters relative to April 10 Meeting (1 of 2)
- April 1957 letters relative to April 10 Meeting (2 of 2)
- April - 1957 Willkie Memorial Building Mtg
- Oct.-Nov. 1957 letters 1
- Oct.-Nov. 1957 letters
- 11 Oct 1957 letter approved formation of group
- 1958 - 3 letters on a discussion group on RFI
- Jan. 1958 - Letters on PGRFI Newsletter
- Feb. 1958 - Constitution and ByLaws - PGRFI
- Feb-March-1958 Letters
- April-May-1958 Letters
- June-1958-By-Laws-IRE PGRFI
- Ltr Showers to Kant- Aug 1958 - Papers for Transactions
- Sep 1958 - letters from Showers to Kant
- Sep 1958 PGRFI Constitution approved
- Nov 1958 -Letters - Kant, Showers, Cumming
- Three Drafts of PGRFI Constitution - 1959
- January - 1959 - Letters
- Feb. 1959 - Letter from Showers to Kant
- March 1959 - Letters and Minutes of Meeting
- April 3, 1959 - Letter from Showers to Kant et al
- April 20, 1959 IRE Constitution
- July-1959 - Letters from Showers to Kant et al
- September 1959 - Letter from Showers to Kant et al
- January 1960 - Kant - Correspondence with IRE
- February 1960 - Kant correspondence
- March - 1960 - Nominees for AdCom Kant letter
- April-May-1960 Letters
- Report on 2nd National Symposium on RFI- June - 1960
- June-1960 Letters Adcom members
- October-November 1960 letters
- Jan. 1961 - Nominees for AdCom
- January - 1961 - Letter from Showers to Kant et al
- Mar-Apr-1961-Letters plus officers of AdCom
- Letters - June-Dec-1961
- January-1962-Bios for Adcom including Kant
- February 9, 1962 - Letter from L. G. Cumming -IRE to PGRFI
- Jan. 1963 - AdCom Members letter from Sullivan to PGRFI
- Mar-April-1963 Letters
- May-1963- Comments on MIL-B-5087
- May-1963-IEEE-Professional Technical Groups Interests
- May -Jul 1963 - Letters - Garlan, White
- 20 May 1963 - Letter changing name of PTGRFI to PTGEMC
- Adcom board members - PTGRFI- March - 1964
- Report on Mtg on Area -5 - 23 March 1964
- Letter from Kant to Grobowski -PTG meeting - May 6 1964
- Report on Constitution and bylaws - IEEEEMC - 18 Nov 1964
- Ballot-Nominees for AdCom - February - 1965
- Constitution & Bylaws - IEEE Group EMC - March 1965
- Letter from Sullivan to Kant - October - 1965
- ByLaws IEEE Group on EMC - March 1966
- Letter from Krstansky to Kant - March 1967
- Call for Papers - IEEEEMCGroup - May 1967 - Schlicke, Sullivan
- Election of AdCom members - 28 July 1967
- Constitution & Bylaws - IEEE Group EMC - 24 Oct 1967 L. Thomas
