Born: 1914?

Died: February 27, 2006

Ripon Class Year:

1936

Majors:

Physics & Mathematics

Other education

Ph.D. - 1941, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Career and Employer:

Administrative Judge (retired) for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Research Physicist, General Electric

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Details about Emmeth

Survived by:

Nora Luebke (wife)

one son and one daughter

Grants and Awards:

• Fellow of the American Nuclear Society
• Presidential Certificate of Merit for Microwave Radar Research

Publications:

• The Velocity Dependence of the Cross Section of Boron for the Capture of Slow Neutrons, 1941. Unpublished Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Statements in Memory of Emmeth

An info blurb about Emmeth from the 1992 Annual Report of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

"Luebke, Emmeth A. B.A., Ripon College (1936); Ph.D., University of Illinois (1941). Dr. Luebke became a part-time member of the Panel in 1987 following 15 years of service as a full-time member. A Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and recipient of a Presidential Certificate of Merit for Microwave Radar Research, Dr. Luebke spent 27 years in private industry involved in the design, testing, and operation of nuclear power plants for submarines. Before that, he taught at the University of Illinois and was a research leader at Massachusetts Institute of Technology."

An obituary for Emmeth from the Class Notes section of the Ripon College Magazine, Spring 2006
(Grammar and spelling corrected)

"Emmeth A. Luebke (36) of Pittsford, NY, died February 27th, 2006. He was a physicist for General Electric and a retired administrative judge for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In 1948 he received the Presidential Citation at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for fundamental microwave research. Survivors include his wife, Nora, a son and a daughter."

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Information about Emmeth's life has been collected from

• The Crimson, 1935 & 1936 editions, from the library of the Alumni Association
• Ripon College Magazine, Ripon College, Ripon, WI
• 1992 Annual Report of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, The Atomic Regulatory Commission

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