Fazlollah Reza

Fazlollah Reza
Fazlollah Reza
Born	1 January 1915; Rasht, Iran
Died	19 November 2019 (aged 104); Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Iranian
Alma mater	University of Tehran ; Columbia University ; Polytechnic University of New York ; Syracuse University
Known for	Network and Information Theory; Ambassador of Iran to the Canada (1975–1979)
	Scientific career
Fields	Electrical Engineering
Institutions	MIT ; McGill University ; University of Tehran

Fazlollah Reza (Persian: فضل‌الله رضا‎) (January 1, 1915 – November 19, 2019) was an Iranian university professor. He was born in Rasht.

Career

Reza graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tehran in 1938, receiving a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He received a master's and PhD in electrical engineering from Columbia University in 1946 and Polytechnic University of New York (now New York University Tandon School of Engineering) in 1950 respectively. He was a Fellow of the IEEE and AAAS for his contribution to network and information theory. He was an honorary member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature and wrote and spoke extensively on classical Persian poetry.

Reza served as the head of Aryamehr University of Industry (Sharif University of Technology), University of Tehran, Iran's ambassador to Canada and Iran's ambassador to UNESCO. As a professor, he taught at MIT, McGill University, Concordia University, and University of Tehran.

Reza, Fazlollah M.; Seeley, Samuel (1959). Modern Network Analysis (PDF).
Reza, Fazlollah M. (1961). An Introduction to Information Theory.
Reza, Fazlollah M. (1971). Linear spaces in engineering.
Reza, Fazlollah M. (1972). The timeless value of Persian poetry = La valeur éternelle de la poésie persane.

gollark: I'm sure you can buy an aluminium case.

gollark: Duct-tape a raspberry pi to it but don't actually have it control anything?

gollark: Just don't get IoT toasters?

gollark: I'm generating robux using the most powerful computer in existence.

gollark: Working on it.

Academic offices
Preceded by Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi	Chancellor of Sharif University of Technology 1967–1968	Succeeded by Mohammad Reza Amin
Preceded by Jahanshah Saleh	Chancellor of University of Tehran 1967–1970	Succeeded by Alinaghi Alikhani

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