Harold Rosen (electrical engineer)

Harold Rosen
Born
Harold Allen Rosen

March 20, 1926
Died30 January 2017(2017-01-30) (aged 90)
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology (MSc., PhD)
Tulane University (BEng.)
OccupationElectrical engineer
Known forDeveloper of the first geosynchronous satellite

Dr. Harold Allen Rosen (20 March 1926 – 30 January 2017) was an American electrical engineer, known as "the father of the geostationary satellite", and "father of the communications satellite".

He formed and led the team that designed and built the first geosynchronous communications satellite, Syncom, for Hughes Aircraft Company.