Leaving GE in 1963 for an engineering professorship at his alma mater, the University of Illinois, he schooled over two dozen PhD students who themselves made major contributions to the field.

• 1963年他离开通用电气开始在他的母校伊利诺斯州立大学工程学教授生涯，他教出了超过二十几位在此领域有接触贡献的博士生。