Frederic Richard Morgenthaler

Frederic Richard Morgenthaler (March 12, 1933 — June 21, 2015) was an American electrical engineer and academician, who was a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During his tenure, he was the director of Microwave and Quantum Magnetics Group at Research Laboratory of Electronics.

Biography Frederic Richard Morgenthaler was born on March 12, 1933 in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He received bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1956. Working on the microwave ferrite devices during his service as lieutenant at the United States Air Force from 1957 to 1959, he has subsequently completed his PhD studies on this topic under Lan Jen Chu at MIT in 1960. He has joined the faculty of MIT at the same year.