John Zaborszky
{{Short description|Hungarian control theorist (1914–2008)}}
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|birth_place = Budapest, Austria-Hungary
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|death_place = St. Louis, Missouri
|nationality = American
|fields = Control theory
|workplaces = Washington University in St. Louis (1956–2008) Missouri University of Science and Technology
|alma_mater = Royal Hungarian Technological University
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John Zaborszky (May 13, 1914 – February 11, 2008) was a noted Hungarian-born applied mathematician and a professor in the Department of systems science and mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis. He received the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award in 1986.{{cite web |url=http://a2c2.org/awards/richard-e-bellman-control-heritage-award |title=Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award |publisher=American Automatic Control Council |access-date={{Format date|2013|2|10}} |archive-date=2018-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001032837/http://a2c2.org/awards/richard-e-bellman-control-heritage-award |url-status=dead }} He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1984.
Biography
Zaborszky earned a master's degree and PhD in 1937 and 1943, respectively, "under auspices of the Regent of Hungary" from the Technical University of Budapest.Gregory, J. (1980) Who's Who in Engineering, 4th ed., American Association of Engineering Societies. He continued as a docent at that institution and was chief engineer of the city's municipal power system before emigrating to the United States in 1947.Mukai, H. and Tarn, T.J. (2008) John Zaborszky (1914–2008), IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 28(3), 106-107. He was an assistant professor at UMR and in 1954 moved to St. Louis to join Washington University. In 1974, he founded and was first chairman of the Systems Science Department. He was the 1970 President of the IEEE Control Systems Society and he received its Distinguished Member Award in 1983. He was an IEEE Fellow and was elected to Eta Kappa Nu (ΗΚΝ).
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External links
- {{MathGenealogy|id=176053}}
- [http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11002.html Washington University Obituary]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100530221123/http://ese.wustl.edu/aboutthedepartment/Pages/zaborszky.aspx Zaborszky Distinguished Lecture Series]
- [http://www.nae.edu/28317.aspx National Academy of Engineering: John Zaborszky]
{{Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award 1979-2000 Laureates}}
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