Edmund Schweitzer
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Edmund O. Schweitzer, III | |
Born | 1947 Evanston, Illinois |
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Education | B.S. and M.S. from Purdue University, and Ph.D. from Washington State University |
Occupation | President of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories |
Known for | Invention of the digital protective relay |
Edmund O. Schweitzer, III (born 1947, Evanston, Illinois), is an electrical engineer, inventor, and founder of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories(SEL). He obtained a B.S. and M.S. from Purdue University and a Ph.D. from Washington State University, where his doctoral thesis was on digital protective relays. He is an IEEE Fellow. Schweitzer's father, Edmund O. Schweitzer, Jr., founded E. O. Schweitzer Manufacturing, now a division of SEL.