The information about Donald L. Snyder on this page includes the educational background, present position and services at Washington University, professional activities, honors and awards, and community services.

Education

Present Position

Senior Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130

Academic Services at Washington University

Director, Electronic Systems and Signals Research Laboratory, 1986-1996
Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1976-1986
Associate Director, Biomedical Computer Laboratory, 1975-1976
Professor of Radiology, -2003
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1975-2003
Senior Professor of Electrical Engineering, 2003-present
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1970-1975
Research Associate, Biomedical Computer Laboratory, 1969-1975
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1969

Other Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966-1969
Research Associate, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Summers of 1964,1966, 1967, and 1968

Professional Activities

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers:
Member, Administrative Committee, Information Theory Group, 1976-1983
Associate Editor for Random Processes, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 1974-1977
Second Vice President, Information Theory Group, 1979
First Vice President, Information Theory Group, 1981
President, Information Theory Group, 1980
Division One Representative, IEEE Publications Board, 1980-1982
Chairman, Fellow Committee, IEEE Information Theory Society, 1984-1990
Topical Editor for Signal and Image Processing, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 2000-2003
Member: IEEE Information Theory Society; IEEE Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Society; IEEE Communications Society

Honors and Awards

Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi
Fellow IEEE
Recipient 1987 IEEE St. Louis Section Outstanding Teacher Award
Samuel C. Sachs Professorship in Electrical Engineering

Community Services

Vice President, St. Louis Woodworkers Guild, 2005-2007
Member of Board of Directors, St. Louis Woodworkers Guild, 2008-2009
Member of Allocation Committee, Variety the Children's Charity of St. Louis, 2006-present