Eli Fromm
American engineer and academic
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Eli Fromm (May 7, 1939 – January 20, 2025)[1][2] was professor emeritus and Electrical and Computer Engineering Leroy A. Brothers Professor[3] in the College of Engineering at Drexel University.
Dr. Fromm received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Drexel in 1962, a Masters in Engineering also from Drexel in 1964, and his Ph.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1967.[4] He worked as in engineer in the Missile and Space Division of General Electric in 1962, then at the Applied Physics Laboratory at DuPont Company in Wilmington, Delaware, 1963; he began working at Drexel as an assistant professor in 1967. In 2002 he became the first recipient of the National Academy of Engineering's Gordon Prize,[5] considered to be one of the Nobel Prizes of Engineering[6] — the others being the Academies Russ Prize and Draper Prize.
Professor Fromm was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 for innovation and leadership in the development of a holistic curriculum for engineering education.[7]
Professor Fromm died on January 20, 2025.[8]
