Frederic R. Morgenthaler (Wellesley Hills, MA) graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with S.B. and S.M. degrees in Electrical Engineering in June 1956, and graduated the Ph. D. degree in June 1960.   He joined the M.I.T. faculty in 1960 and promoted to the rank of Professor in 1968. He retired in 1996 and is currently Professor Emeritus of Electrical engineering.  He was Graduate Officer for the Department of electrical engineering and Computer Science during 1993-96 and held the Cecil H. Green Professorship for 1984-86.   He serves as a consultant to the U.S. Government as well as th private industry. He is a fellow of the IEEE and a member of the APS.  He is the author of numerous scientific publications and papers presented at technical conferences and has been granted approximately one dozen patents.