Karl Spangenberg
{{short description|American engineer, social scientist, academic, futurist, writer, and visionary}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Karl Rudolph Spangenberg
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| nationality = American
| fields = Electrical engineering
Sociocultural evolution
| workplaces = Stanford University
Office of Naval Research
Instituto Technologica de Aeronautica
| alma_mater = Case Institute of Technology
Ohio State University
| doctoral_advisor = William Littell Everitt
| doctoral_students = Willis Harman
Robert Helliwell
Chih-Tang Sah
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|spouse = {{marriage|Ruth Fay Beahrs|1943}}
|children = Kristin L. Spangenberg,
Eric Karl Spangenberg,
Karen Spangenberg,
Karla Lane,
Kathy Spangenberg,
Rudy Spangenberg
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Karl Spangenberg was an American engineer, social scientist, academic, futurist, writer, and visionary.
Affiliations
Spangenberg was a member of the American Physical Society and became an IRE (now IEEE) Associate in 1934, Senior Member in 1945, and a Fellow in 1949.{{cite web|url=https://ethw.org/Karl_R._Spangenberg|title=Karl R. Spangenberg at ethw.org|accessdate={{Format date|2021|6|23}}}}
Publications
Spangenberg authored "Vacuum Tubes" (1948){{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vacuum-McGraw-Hill-Electrical-Electronic-Engineering/dp/B000KTKGLY/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Vaccuum+Tubes+by+Karl+R.+Spangenberg&qid=1624470571&s=books&sr=1-1|title=Vacuum Tubes (McGraw-Hill Electrical and Electronic Engineering Series): Karl R. Spangenberg: Amazon.com: Books|accessdate={{Format date|2021|6|23}}}} and "Fundamentals of Electron Devices"{{cite web|url=https://ethw.org/Karl_R._Spangenberg|title=Karl R. Spangenberg|accessdate={{Format date|2021|6|23}}}} and edited "Electromagnetics in Space: Antenna Considerations as Related to Space Communications" (1965).{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Electromagnetics-Space-Antenna-Considerations-Communications/dp/B000J50B6E/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1624470645&refinements=p_27%3AKarl+R.+Spangenberg&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Karl+R.+Spangenberg|title=Electromagnetics in Space: Antenna Considerations as Related to Space Communications: Karl R. Spangenberg: Amazon.com: Books|accessdate={{Format date|2021|6|23}}}}
Education
He received the B.S. and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Case Institute of Technology, in 1932 and 1933, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Ohio State University, Columbus, in 1937.{{cite web|url=https://ethw.org/Karl_R._Spangenberg|title=Karl R. Spangenberg|accessdate={{Format date|2021|6|23}}}}
His PhD adviser was William Littell Everitt,{{cite web|url=http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=83975|title=Mathematics Genealogy Project (William Littell Everitt)}} a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering.{{cite web|url=http://www.nae.edu/About/leadership/57773.aspx |title=Founding members of the National Academy of Engineering |publisher=National Academy of Engineering |accessdate={{Format date|2012|10|21}}}}
Career
Spangenberg spent decades teaching in the Electrical Engineering Department of Stanford University in California.{{cite web|url=https://ethw.org/Karl_R._Spangenberg|title=Karl R. Spangenberg|accessdate={{Format date|2021|6|23}}}}
He was an adviser of numerous outstanding scientists in Stanford University including Willis Harman, Robert Helliwell, and Chih-Tang Sah.{{cite web|url=http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=76967|title=Mathematics Genealogy Project (Karl Spangenberg)}}
In the European Theater during World War II he was Head of the Electronics Division of the Office of Naval Research, 1948 to 1948.{{cite web|url=https://ethw.org/Karl_R._Spangenberg|title=Karl R. Spangenberg|accessdate={{Format date|2021|6|23}}}}
Head of the Electronic Engineering Department of the Instituto Technologica de Aeronautica in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1952 to 1954.{{cite web|url=https://ethw.org/Karl_R._Spangenberg|title=Karl R. Spangenberg|accessdate={{Format date|2021|6|23}}}}
By the early 1960s, Spangenberg was a consultant on engineering management and education to various companies, mostly in the San Francisco Bay area.{{cite web|url=https://ethw.org/Karl_R._Spangenberg|title=Karl R. Spangenberg|accessdate={{Format date|2021|6|23}}}}
Honors
Spangenberg Theater in Palo Alto was named in his honor.{{cite web|url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/obituaries/memorials/ruth-spangenberg?o=1517|title=Palo Alto Online - Lasting Memories - Ruth Spangenberg's memorial|accessdate={{Format date|2021|6|23}}}}