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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202/  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
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 FCC  ENGINEER  MICHAEL  J.  MARCUS  HONORED  BY  INSTITUTE  OF  ELECTRICAL  AND  ELECTRONIC  ENGINEERS  (IEEE) 


 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology  Chief  Ed  Thomas  today  lauded  the  accomplishments  of  FCC  engineer,  Dr.  Michael  J.  Marcus,  who  was  recently 
 conferred  as  a  Fellow  by  the  IEEE  for  members  with  an  extraordinary  record  of  accomplishment. 
 Thomas  said,  “I  am  pleased  that  the  IEEE  has  chosen  to  recognize  Mike’s  contributions  in  the  field  of  radio  technologies.  Mike’s  creative  technological  vision  significantly  advanced 
 policies  that  led  to  the  deployment  of  spread  spectrum  and  Wi-  Fi.  The  rank  of  Fellow  is  a  fitting  tribute  to  Mike’s  extensive  accomplishments.” 


 Dr.  Marcus  joined  OET  in  1979  and  currently  serves  as  Associate  Chief  for  Technology.  For  much  of  this  time,  Dr.  Marcus  has  specialized  in  spectrum  management  policy,  focusing  on 
 technological  issues.  Most  significantly,  he  championed  changes  in  Commission  rules  that  enabled  spread  spectrum,  use  of  unlicensed  devices  in  certain  spectrum  bands,  and  use  of  upper 
 millimeter  wave  technologies.  He  also  provided  key  direction  in  establishing  a  technical  approach  to  solving  issues  of  satellite  jamming.  He  received  his  bachelor’s  and  doctorate 
 degrees  in  electrical  engineering  from  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology.  Extensively  published  and  fluent  in  Japanese,  Dr.  Marcus  has  spent  considerable  time  in  Japan  both  as  a 
 Visiting  Researcher  at  the  University  of  Tokyo  and  as  a  Mansfield  Fellow.  Before  joining  the  FCC,  Dr.  Marcus  worked  for  Bell  Laboratories,  the  U.  S.  Air  Force,  and  the  Institute  for  Defense 
 Analyses. 
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