[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 17 (Wednesday, February 7, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S1077]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO DR. LEON RIEBMAN

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I have sought recognition today to 
recognize one of Pennsylvania's distinguished citizens as he retires 
after 60 years of service to his community and his country. Dr. Leon 
Riebman has served his country as a naval officer, his community as a 
professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and our national defense 
needs as a founder and long-term chief executive officer of AEL 
Industries, a premier defense electronics organization.
  As a naval officer during World War II, Dr. Riebman served at the 
Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, where he conducted research in 
the then-new science of fire control radar systems. Following his Navy 
service, Dr. Riebman returned to the University of Pennsylvania for 
advanced studies, and to serve on the staff as a research associate and 
instructor.
  Since 1950, when he cofounded AEL Industries, he has been an active 
contributor to technological advances in the defense electronics 
industry. Under Dr. Riebman's leadership, AEL Industries has grown 
continually to the point where it now employs 1,300 people in 
Pennsylvania and five other States.
  Dr. Riebman's interest in research and development has resulted in 10 
patents. In 1966, he was named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical 
and Electronic Engineers, and continues to be an active participant 
through service on several committees.
  I am pleased to have this opportunity to recognize the many 
accomplishments of Dr. Leon Riebman and hope my colleagues will join me 
in tribute on the occasion of his retirement.

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