William Linvill

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| name = William K. Linvill

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| birth_date = {{birth date |1919|8|8|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Kansas City, Missouri

| death_date = {{death date and age |1980|8|17 |1919|8|8|mf=y}}

| death_place = Palo Alto, California

| nationality = American

| fields = Electrical engineering

| workplaces = Stanford University

| alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology

| doctoral_advisor = Ernst Guillemin

| doctoral_students = David Luenberger
Bernard Widrow

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William Kirby Linvill (August 8, 1919 – August 17, 1980) was an American electrical engineer. He served as a professor at Stanford University from 1960 to 1980.[http://historicalsociety.stanford.edu/pdfmem/LinvillW.pdf Memorial Resolution: William K. Linvill (1919–1980)] He was the founder of the Institute in Engineering-Economic Systems at Stanford, which later became the Department of Engineering-Economic Systems, with Linvill as the first chair.

His identical twin brother John was also a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University.{{Cite web|last=Perlman|first=David|date=2011-03-12|title=Stanford professor, inventor John Linvill dies|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Stanford-professor-inventor-John-Linvill-dies-2389678.php|access-date=2021-08-17|website=SFGATE|language=en-US}}{{Cite book|last=White|first=David C.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45729831|title=Biographical memoirs. Volume 62|date=1993|publisher=National Academy Press|others=National Academy of Sciences|isbn=0-585-14673-X|location=Washington, D.C.|pages=179–181|chapter=WILLIAM K. LINVILL 1919-1980|oclc=45729831|chapter-url=https://www.nae.edu/19579/19581/51314/51353/215761/WILLIAM-K-LINVILL-19191980}}