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#349208 12/18/13 09:44 PM
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It took me five years to remove Oscar's name from my e-mail list after he passed. Head of the University of IL electrical engineering dept, a true scientist and brighter than several of us put together. He brought back color case hardening to Parker standards, Returned Damascus browning to black and silver. A wonderful machinist and an honest quite gentleman. When you look at Kreighoff colors on their new side by side be aware that Kreighoff paid Oscar to film and teach them how to get American colors. He always shared his knowledge like the teacher he was. Damn I still miss him

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I miss Oscar too. A truly fine man and a wealth of knowledge that he was willing to share.


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A tribute to Dr Gaddy from the University of Illinois
http://www.ece.uiuc.edu/news/alumninews/alumninews-win0506a.pdf


Oscar Gaddy, Illinois Alumnus and ECE Professor Emeritus and alumnus.

Oscar L. Gaddy (PhD ’62) died May 2, 2005. He was 72.

Gaddy first came to the University of Illinois after earning a BS and MS in electrical engineering from the University of Kansas. He earned his PhD in 1962, beginning his career in the ECE faculty that same year when he was hired as an assistant professor of electrical engineering. He served as an associate professor from 1965 to 1969, becoming a professor in 1969 and associate department head for the graduate and research programs from 1971 to 1984. He also served as faculty coordinator for the ECE Alumni Association and as the department’s graduate coordinator until his retirement in 1993.

Gaddy taught courses in physical electronics, including undergraduate metallurgy and semiconductor electronics courses, graduate courses in quantum electronics, and a course in nonlinear optics that he developed. His research interests included special photomultiplier vacuum tubes and thin film infrared detectors.

“Colleagues remember him as a superb teacher, researcher, and a quiet leader,” said ECE Professor Jim Coleman. “His photomultiplier tube was a critical component of satellite links in the 1960s. He was instrumental in the reputation for excellence enjoyed by the ECE department in the ’70s and ’80s that continues today.”

In addition to his accomplishments as a teacher, Gaddy worked as a consultant with industry, including McDonnell-Douglas in St. Louis, Missouri, and Varian Associates in Palo Alto, California. Along with the late Marvin Krasnow, former assistant dean of the College of Engineering and director of Industrial Research Relations, Gaddy helped to initiate an industrial affiliates program in physical electronics on campus, which attracted several million dollars in support.

His memberships included the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, (elected a Fellow in 1974), Sigma Tau, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Beta Pi. For his many achievements he was cited in Community Leaders and Noteworthy Americans, Dictionary of International Biography of American Men and Women of Science, Who’s Who in Engineering, Who’s Who in the Midwest, and Who’s Who in America. He won an ECE Distinguished Alumni Award in 2003, which honors ECE graduates who have made professional and technical contributions that bring distinction to the ECE Department and University.

“He recruited the very best graduate students for the research programs at Illinois, and the industrial affiliates program that he conceived and created provided the tools for faculty and students to advance the state-of-the-art in photonics and microelectronics research,” Coleman said. “His distinguished alumnus award, recognizing his lifelong dedication to the University of Illinois and overwhelmingly supported by faculty and alumni, included the citation ‘For three decades of technical contributions and outstanding service to graduate education in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.’”

During his retirement, Gaddy enjoyed researching and experimenting with the old classical metal finishing processes used on double guns—especially Parker guns. He became a well-regarded expert in this area, writing and publishing articles regarding the process of restoration of the Damascus shotgun barrel.

Alumni remember him as a remarkable teacher and a great friend. “He was a very special person,” said Samuel White (PhD ’78), who now teaches at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in the School of Engineering and Technology. White’s doctoral research in electro-optics was guided by Professor Gaddy. “He was a big brother, a father, and a great adviser— one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever known,” he added. “He’s probably the reason I’ve gotten where I am.”




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Oscar with a receiver he had recased.



Quenching parts.


Oscar's damascus sample board


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I had the pleasure of visiting him at his home/shop when I was passing through the area with Ed Muderlak. So interesting and such a gentleman, really was a pleasure.


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