A Legendary Man of Letter
An overview of Professor Fazlollah Reza's life and contributions to humanity Edited by: Mei Shao
If one ever wonders how many things a person can achieve in a short life time, Professor Fazlollah Reza is a living manifest of the unlimited human potential one can reach with love, passion and a strong will. Born in the city of Rasht near the Caspian Sea in the North of Iran in 1914, Fazlollah Reza has led a manifold life of a scholar, educator and diplomat. His formal education includes several baccalaureates and university degrees from Iran, a Master of Science degree in Electronics from Columbia University in 1946, and a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of New York in 1948-1950.
As an educator, Professor Fazlollah Reza has lectured at many major academic centres throughout the world, including Iran, USA, Canada and many countries in Europe. He has also published many scientific and literary works in Farsi, French and English. For most Iranians, his greatest achievement as an educator is probably what he did with Iranian scientific institution. During the years when he was Chancellor of Sharif University of Technology (Formerly Aryamehr University) and Tehran University, he succeeded in attracting over one hundred and fifty Iranian scientists and scholars to Tehran, who contributed immensely to the new university orientation and to the academic foundations of science and technology in Iran. He also implemented a rapid and innovative modernization program in the reorganization of academic departments, institutes, curricula and research. This reorientation provided a major impetus towards development of the Iranian scientific nucleus. All these contributions are still deeply felt in the heart of Iranian higher education system.
Fazlollah Reza’s diplomatic career consists of two major posts he has held within the 60s and 70s: Iran's Ambassador at the United Nations Educational and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) from 1969 to 1974, and Ambassador of Iran to Canada, from 1974 until the end of 1978. During his mission at UNESCO, Fazlollah Reza has advocated an increased participation of scientists in global concerns, in order to enhance the international dialogue between nations by the implementation of scientific concepts, methods and the transfer of technology.
During the past four decades, Professor Fazlollah Reza has remained devotedly active in intellectual pursuit. He has taught in various universities and has participated, chaired and delivered addresses to many international scientific meetings, at academic centres, as well as in UNESCO and UN conferences. He has served at times as a consultant to various government and private organizations including IBM, General Electric, the Scientific Section of the United States Air Force and the Iranian Government.
· Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE, 1962, for "outstanding contributions to Circuit Theory and Information Theory" · Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1975 · New York Academy of Science (life member) · Honorary Professorship from the Polytechnic Institute of New York, 1975 · Honorary Adjust Professor of the Faculty of Engineering of Carleton University in Ottawa, 1976 · Honorary Professorship from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1978 · Member of several scientific and Cultural societies, including the American Mathematical Society, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and Sigma Xi · Member of the Board of Governors:
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS Over 100 papers on Communication, System, and Circuit Theories and on Applied Mathematics published in International Scientific Journals: · Proceedings of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers · IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems · IEEE Spectrum · Proceedings of AlEE and IRE · Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical Engineers. U.K. · Archiv Fur Elektronik Und Ubertragungstechnik · Canadian Electrical Engineering Journal · The Journal of the Franklin Institute · MIT Quarterly Progress Report of Research Laboratory of Electronics · Proceedings of American Mathematical Society · Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society · Journal of Mathematics and Physics · Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, SIAM Review · Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik · Journal of Applied Physics · Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris · Journal of Applied Mathematics, Ceskoslcvenska Akademie · Electronics Letters · Le Journal De Physique - Lettres
· LINEAR SPACES IN ENGINEERING · LINEAR SPACES IN ENGINEERING · AN INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION THEORY · AN INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION THEORY · MODERN NETWORK ANALYSIS · MODERN NETWORK ANALYSIS · STABILITY OF LINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS CONTRIBUTED CHAPTERS
· ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY · SYSTEMS ENGINEERING HANDBOOK · ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA · ASPECTS OF NETWORK AND SYSTEM THEORY · Holt Rinehart and Winston Books in Persian · Pure and Practical Geometry (هندسۀ علمی و عملی) · Secret of Creation (راز آفرینش) · Epic of the King, Wisdom and Humanism in Ferdowsi (نگاهی به شاهنامه) · Muhammad Iqbal (محمد اقبال) · Mahjuri va Mushtaghi, Cultural and Literary Articles (مهجوری و مشتاقی) · An investigation into Ferdowsi's thoughts (پژوهشی در اندیشههای فردوسی ) · Omar Khayyam, Reflections on his Scientific and Literary Contributions (نگاهی به عمر خیام) · Winter Blossoms, Collections, Memories and Essays (برگ بیبرگی) |