Ernst Weber

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Oetz, Tyrol AT; Ancestral Austrian home
• Residence: New Milford CT; Candlewood Lake: Sonny and Ernst vacation home on lake, built in the likeness of Austrian homes
• Residence: 159 Lorraine Ave, Mt Vernon NY; Long-time home for Sonny and Ernst
• Residence: 1971, Tryon NC; Sonny and Ernst home until death in NC, near Hertha and Jim Flack

Notes:

HONORS - AWARDS

- The U.S. President's Certificate of Merit from President Harry S. Truman in 1948
- The AIEE Education Medal in 1960, for excellence as a teacher in science and electrical engineering, for creative contributions in research and development, for broad professional and administrative leadership and in all for a considerate approach to human relations
- Eta Kappa Nu naming him an Eminent Member in 1962
- The IEEE Founders Medal in 1971, for leadership in the advancement of the electrical and electronics engineering profession in the fields of education, engineering societies, industry and government
- The Microwave Career Award from the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society in 1977
-The U.S. National Medal of Science from President Ronald Reagan in 1987
- To honor him, IEEE renamed in 1996 the IEEE Engineering Leadership Recognition Award to IEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition.

Ernst married Charlotte Sonya Escherich in Aug 1936 in Reno NV. Charlotte (daughter of Prof. Theodor Escherich and Margarethe Pfaundler) was born on 22 Jan 1895 in Graz AT; died on 4 Jul 1984 in Oetz, Tyrol AT; was buried on 7 Jul 1984 in Oetz, Tyrol AT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ernst married Irma Linter in 1925, and was divorced in 1933. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]