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Emeritus Professor, Dr. Frederick J. Tischer Dies at 89
August 21, 2002
Dr. Frederick Joseph Tischer, North Carolina State University Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and internationally recognized pioneer in space communications, died Wednesday, August 14. Dr. Tischer, 89, was a native of Plan, Austria, and an American citizen, he joined the NC State faculty in 1964.
Dr. Tischer was an expert in space vehicle guidance and navigation systems, particularly in re-entry blackouts.
The family has asked that in lieu of flowers memorials be made to the NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc., for the Frederick J. Tischer Electrical Engineering Scholarship
The Tischer Obituary read as follows:
DR. FREDERICK JOSEPH TISCHER, North Carolina State University Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and internationally recognized pioneer in space communications, died Wednesday, August 14. Dr. Tischer, 89, was a resident of the Springmoor Retirement Community.
A native of Plan, Austria, and an American citizen, he joined the NC State faculty in 1964. Among his areas of expertise were space communications, space vehicle guidance and navigation systems, space vehicle re-entry blackouts, electromagnetics, microwave theory and techniques, and holography. He retired in 1978 but continued to contribute to teaching and research programs for many years. Dr. Tischer earned his master's degree and doctorate in electrical engineering at the University of Prague, Czechoslovakia. He pursued post-doctoral studies at the University of Berlin and Princeton University.
Prior to his arrival in the United States, he was research supervisor at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and a lecturer at universities in Germany, Sweden, and Finland.
In the U.S., he was research supervisor of the Ordnance Missile Laboratory in Alabama, taught at Ohio State University, and was a professor at the University of Alabama before coming to NC State. In 1978, he was visiting professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
He authored two leading reference books: Microwave Measurements and Basic Theory of Space Communications and published more than 100 technical papers and reports. He was a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and belonged to Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi.
He was preceded in death by his wife Alma Schoeller Tischer and leaves no immediate survivors, but he will be remembered by colleagues and the countless students he inspired. A memorial service will be held Friday, August 30, at 2:30 in the Springmoor Chapel, Springmoor Retirement Community, Raleigh. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc., for the Frederick J. Tischer Electrical Engineering Scholarship.
