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Obituary
Figure 1.
Skolnik at NRL.
Figure 3.
2000 Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and
Applications.
handed him, once again, a copy of the increasingly popular
Introduction to Radar Systems and suggested reading it to
learn about " radar " [3]. Reedy states that text had a continuing
and significant impact on his career during his early
years in the radar field. He used it as a " go-to " reference.
Following publication in 1970, the Radar Handbook,edited
by Skolnik in three editions, became his basic source for
technology and systems materials on many related radar
problems [4].
Dale Blair from GTRI remembered his interaction
with Skolnik at an IEEE Radar Conference and spending
the day together touring an AEGIS ship. He quickly
learned that Skolnik had strong opinions when it came to
radar systems. Skolnik was not afraid to share his opinions,
and Blair found that refreshing. From this perspective,
sharing our opinions without concern for being
wrong is a key to advancing the state of knowledge and
technology. But it is a talent that is difficult to develop
and express as most people are hung up on always being
right. Many years earlier, Skolnik had said that " you will
never put a phased array radar on a ship, " and that day
they were visiting a ship with a phased array radar. He
loved dish radars and thought that the U.S. missile defense
system should be using dish radars instead of phased
arrays. Skolnik suggested that he wanted to give a plenary
talk entitled " Ten Worst Ideas in Radar, " and Blair thinks
that it would have been great and beneficial to the radar
community.
Alfonso Farina from the Italian Leonardo Company
invited Skolnik to give a plenary talk at the 2008 IEEE
Radar Conference in Rome, Italy (Figure 5). This was the
first time that an IEEE Radar Conference was held outside
of the United States, and Skolnik's talk was thought provoking
with the breadth of his experiences and packed
with excellent challenges to the radar community. These
topics included a suggested origin for microwave sea echo
(something not previously understood); a different type
of phased array radar architecture based on digital
Figure 2.
Presentation ofNavy Distinguished Civilian Service.
Figure 4.
Skolnik's Introduction to Radar Systems.
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