What is Anton Mavretič?
[[Image:Anton Mavretič.jpg|thumb|Anton Mavretič in 2008]] '''Anton Mavretič''' (11 December 1934 – 21 November 2019) was a [[Slovenes|Slovene]] electrical engineer. He worked in the United States. He died on 21 November 2019 at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://english.sta.si/2700571/slovenian-voyager-engineer-dies |title=Slovenian Voyager engineer dies |publisher=[[Slovenian Press Agency]] |date=2019-11-22 |access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref> He was born in [[Metlika]], [[Slovenia]]. Mavretič was professor and research associate at the [[Center for Space Physics]] at [[Boston University]].<ref>http://www.bu.edu/dbin/csp/people.php?id=536{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was a corresponding member of [[Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts]] from June 2007 until his death.<ref>http://www.sazu.si/o-sazu/clani/anton-mavretic.html</ref> In 1985 he founded his consulting firm SIAT of Boston LLC. Mavretič worked for the [[MIT]] Center for Space Research under contract for [[NASA]] from 1972 to 1979. He worked for the development of [[plasma spectrometer]]s for ''[[Voyager 1]]'' and ''[[Voyager 2]]'' projects.<ref>Sandi Sitar. ''Sto slovenskih znanstvenikov'' (''100 Slovene scientists''). 1987, Prešernova družba. {{COBISS|ID=22186753}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mavretic, Anton}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American electrical engineers]] [[Category:Slovenian scientists]] {{bio-stub}}