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Joseph Mayo Pettit (July 15, 1916 – September 15, 1986) was an engineer who became dean of the Stanford University School of Engineering from 1958 to 1972, and president of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1972 to 1986. While president of Georgia Tech, Pettit advanced the causes of research and industrial development at the school; Tech's research budget surpassed the $100 million mark and Pettit headed Tech's $100 million Centennial Campaign. ==Early life and career== Joseph M. Pettit was born in Rochester, Minnesota.〔 He earned a B.S. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1938, an Engineer degree from Stanford University in 1940, and a Ph.D. from Stanford in 1942.〔 From 1940 to 1942, Pettit served as an instructor at the University of California.〔 He then joined the World War II radar countermeasures project at the Radio Research Laboratory of Harvard University. Following the war effort, Pettit became supervising engineer with Airborne Instruments Laboratory in New York.〔 In 1947, Pettit joined the faculty of Stanford University, and was named Professor of Electrical Engineering in 1954. He was named Dean of the Stanford School of Engineering in 1958, and would remain in the position until 1972.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joseph M. Pettit Biography )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph M. Pettit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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