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A working group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mavretič is sec-
ond from right). Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies and National
and University Library, Ljubljana.
Born in the village of Boldraž near Metlika
on 11 December 1934, Anton Mavretič started
studying electrical engineering at the Universi-
ty of Ljubljana before boarding a ship to the
United States, where he graduated in electrical
engineering from the University of Denver. After
a brief visit to his homeland, he returned to New
York, to Syracuse University, where he comple-
ted a year of PhD studies. Needing to extend his
green card, he spent the following year working
for Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, whereupon he
completed his PhD in electrical engineering at
Pennsylvania State University. He spent most
of his life around Boston, with shorter stints
in New Jersey, Cambridge, MA, and Greenbelt,
MD. His last position before retirement was as a
professor and research associate at Boston Uni-
versity’s Centre for Space Physics.
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An electrical engineer whose
long and successful career inclu-
ded work on radio transmitters,
analogue circuit boards, semi-
conductors, plasma, the solar
wind, and involvement in patent
arbitration procedures. He has
received multiple awards for his
work on space technologies, is
a lifelong member of the Insti-
tute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE), and has been
a corresponding member of the
Slovenian Academy of Sciences
and Arts since 2007.