Mr. Sarasohn worked at
Raytheon Manufacturing Company in Waltham, MA, where he designed, built, and installed an experimental microwave radio transmission system for wideband general communication use. During World War II he worked at the
MIT Radiation Lab and supervised the production of innovative radar systems for critical military applications. Mr. Sarasohn was 29 when
General Douglas MacArthur summoned him to
Tokyo to restore Japan's communications industry following its destruction during World War II. From 1946 through 1950, as chief of the Industry Branch of the occupation army's Civil Communications Section (CCS), Mr. Sarasohn took the lead in helping Japan rebuild its capacity to manufacture radio, telephone, and telegraph equipment—and to assure the reliable quality of its industrial production. Upon his return from Japan, Mr. Sarasohn worked as a management consultant with
Booz, Allen & Hamilton in New York and later at
IBM in several positions including Director of Engineering Communications. During his tenure at
IBM he made significant contributions to the integration of computerized data processing and telecommunications. Before and after his retirement in 1977, Mr. Sarasohn served as a consultant and technical advisor on the exchange and dissemination of engineering information both nationally and worldwide. He was, for example, Technical Advisor to the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology and a member of the U.S. delegations to
Egypt and the
Soviet Union. Mr. Sarasohn served as an
IEEE divisional director, president of the Engineering Management Society, and
IEEE representative to the Russian Popov Society. He also organized and served as general chairman for the 14th Annual Joint Engineering Management Conference. ==References==