American physicist and electrical engineer
Harry Kroger (August 13, 1936 – September 9, 2022) was an American physicist and electrical engineer. He used to be a Bartle professor of electrical engineering at Binghamton University, a part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. He had been a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) since 1964 and became a Life Fellow of the IEEE in 2001. He initially retired to Florida, then moved back to Austin, Texas.
Family.
Kroger was married to Mrs. Sandra Vought Kroger. They married in 1958. Sandy died in 2018, and Harry died in September 2022. They have three children; Charles Kroger (born 1960), John Kroger (born 1962), and Carolyn Kroger Estes (born 1964). He has ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Education and career.
Kroger received his B.S. degree from the University of Rochester in 1957 and the Ph.D. degree from Cornell University in 1962. Both of his degrees are in physics. The title of his doctoral dissertation was "Photon absorption by valence electrons in magnesium, chromium, iron and cobalt".
Kroger began his industrial research career at Sperry Research Center, Sudbury, Massachusetts, where he served as a research staff member and in several management positions in semiconductor and superconductor electronics. He then joined the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC), Austin, Texas, first as technical director of the Packaging/Interconnect Program, and later as program director for the Superconducting Electronics Program.
He joined the faculty of Binghamton University in 1992 as professor of electrical engineering and was director of the Integrated Electronics Engineering Center at Binghamton University from 1992 to 1998. He retired from Binghamton University in 2002; however, he continued to teach on a part-time basis with the title of Bartle Professor.
Kroger retired to Venice, Florida, with his wife. They then moved back to Austin, Texas, to be closer to family prior to both Sandy and Harry dying.
Publications.
Kroger published more than 60 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. One of his papers is available online for free: