Robert M. Silliman, 87, consulting engineer who designed first wi...
Robert M. Silliman, 87, consulting engineer who designed first widely accepted FM antenna as industry standard, died of pneumonia Feb. 11 in Baltimore retirement home. After graduating from U. of Minn., he joined FCC in 1937, leaving in 1942…
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to go to Harvard U. Radio Research Lab, where in World War II he was involved in efforts to jam Germany’s radar. In 1946 he formed consulting firm that he headed until suffering stroke in 1996. Silliman also was officer of Electronics Research Inc., where he was active in designing TV antennas on Empire State Bldg. in N.Y., John Hancock Center in Chicago and other tall buildings. He was former pres. of Assn. of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers and received NAB Lifetime Radio Engineering Achievement Award in 1993. Wife, 3 daughters, son survive.