Paul Penfield, the Dugald C. Jackson Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus, died on June 22 at age 88. Affiliated with the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL), Penfield was a member of the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) faculty for 45 years, beginning in 1960. He served as associate head of the department from 1974-78; as director of the Microsystems Research Program from 1985-89; and as department head from 1989-99. He was the Dugald C. Jackson Professor of Electrical Engineering from January 2000 until his retirement in June…
