The First Class of Fulbrighters - Fulbright-Kommission
The First Class of Fulbrighters - Fulbright-Kommission
The First Class of Fulbrighters - Fulbright-Kommission
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Charles Buntschuh, born in 1931 in New Bedford, MA,<br />
attended school on Long Island, NY, and then received a<br />
B.S. in physics from MIT in 1953. On his <strong>Fulbright</strong><br />
grant, he attended Georg-August Univerität in Göttingen,<br />
where he earned the Diplom-Physiker degree (physics) in<br />
1955. Following two years in the Air Force in Ohio,<br />
Buntschuh returned to MIT where he received his Ph.D. in<br />
1964. While completing his degree, he started working as a<br />
microwave engineer at Microwave Associates, Inc. in Massachusetts,<br />
where he remained until 1980. He continued to be<br />
employed as a microwave engineer until retirement in 1998,<br />
first at the Narda Microwave Corporation and then at<br />
Northrop-Grumman. Buntschuh has four daughters, one <strong>of</strong><br />
whom moved to Germany in 1985, where she married and<br />
has two young daughters being raised bilingually.<br />
Since 1901 the Gänseliesel <strong>of</strong> Göttingen has smilingly<br />
received the kisses <strong>of</strong> countless fresh Ph.D. graduates<br />
from the Georg August Universität.<br />
A rousing game <strong>of</strong><br />
volleyball in front <strong>of</strong><br />
the Nansen Haus.<br />
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Buntschuh (right) with<br />
friends Klaus Biewald<br />
and Gunnar Clausen<br />
enjoy afternoon tea.