Haakon Sørbye
Haakon Sørbye | |
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Born | Oslo, Norway | 16 March 1920
Died | 15 September 2016 Bærum, Norway | (aged 96)
Allegiance | Norway |
Years of service | 1940–1945 |
Unit | Skylark B |
Awards |
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Other work | Engineer, War information work |
Haakon Sørbye (16 March 1920 – 15 September 2016) was a Norwegian engineer and resistance member during World War II. He was a member of the radio group Skylark B during the war. After the war he was a professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology.
World War II
Sørbye attended secondary school at
In September 1940, the British
In September 1941, however,
Post-war life
Sørbye resumed his studies, and finally graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1948. He was hired by the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, and stationed at their radar in Bergen. During the 1950s he stayed abroad to research; at the UK Post Office Research Station in 1951 and the SHAPE Air Defence Technical Centre (SADTC) from 1957 to 1960. In 1964 he was hired as a lecturer in telephone technology at the Norwegian Institute of Technology. After a period as professor of communication technology at the Technische Hogeschool Twente (nowadays: University of Twente) from 1970 to 1972, he was a professor of telematics at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1972 to his retirement in 1987.[1] He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.[6]
After his retirement he has spent much time as a guide with the White Buses,[7] work for which he was awarded a King's Medal of Merit in 2015.[8] He also practised as a radio amateur. His wife Ruth was a skilled geologist.[1] Sørbye died on 15 September 2016.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Mollan, Aud (16 March 2000). "Viktig tidsvitne". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). p. 11.
- ^ a b Rørholt, Bjørn (30 April 1998). "Med radio som våpen mot tysk krigsmakt". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 25.
- ^ a b Mollan, Aud (12 March 2005). "Vitne fra da verden var fra vettet". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). p. 21.
- ^ Giertsen, Børre R., ed. (1946). Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 216.
- ^ Ask, Øyvind (23 July 2001). "Litt alvor og litt skjemt". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 18.
- ^ "Medlemmer: SØRBYE, Haakon" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ Frafjord, Karine Næss (7 October 2002). "Guider ungdom i dødsleir". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). p. 10.
- ^ a b Arntzen, Helga (20 September 2016). "Nekrolog: Haakon Sørbye". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 September 2016.