Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame: Rudolf Kompfner [Scanning our Past]
James E. Brittain · Proceedings of the IEEE · 2011
The IEEE selected Rudolf Kompfner as the recipient of its 1973 Medal of Honor, "for a major contribution to world-wide communication through the conception of the traveling wave tube embodying a new principle of amplification." In addition, he contributed to the development of communication systems using earth satellites.