Sir Eric A. Ash

(1984) University College, U.K.

"Cited for leadership in electronic technology including surface acoustic wave devices and optical fibre communications."

Presented by: His Eminence Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio, President of the Pontifical Commission for the City of the State of the Vatican, at the Pontifical Academy of Science, Rome.

Sir Eric Ash has specialized primarily in electron optics and ultrasonics. His distinguished career has led him from a Fulbright fellowship at Stanford, to Standard Telecommunications Laboratory in London, to University College in London, among other places. Sir Eric Ash is former Rector of Imperial College of Science and Technology. Currently, Sir Eric Ash serves as Treasurer and Vice-President of the Royal Society in the UK and is a board member of the Marconi Foundation. He received the 1984 Marconi Prize for leadership in electronic technology, including surface acoustic wave devices and optical fiber communications.

Bibliographies

Biography, Imperial College

Oral History, IEE

Towards a European Strategy for the Security of Energy Supply

Science funding: the European Dimension