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- Julian Jakub Bussgang (born March 26, 1925) is a Polish-born American mathematician, entrepreneur and author. He is most known for publishing the Bussgang theorem and for his work in the field of Applied Physics and communications. He has published several technical papers and holds six patents. Bussgang was born in Poland in 1925 into an assimilated Jewish family. Two weeks after the Nazis invaded Poland in September 1939, Bussgang's family fled Poland for fear of religious persecution. For the next decade, Bussgang was a refugee moving from country to country with his family. After serving in the Polish Division of the British Army in World War II, he immigrated to the United States where he established a career in the field of signal processing, information theory, and communications. He founded the high technology firm Signatron Inc. in 1962, which was acquired by Sundstrand Corporation in 1984. After his retirement, Bussgang volunteered in Warsaw and Krakow with the International Executive Service Corps to help privatize Polish industrial firms. In 2011, President Komorowski presented Bussgang with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Poland at The Polish Consulate in New York City for his activities promoting Polish-Jewish dialogue. Along with his wife, Fay, he has translated several books from Polish to English. (en)
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