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Fazlollah Reza

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Fazlollah Reza
فضل‌الله رضا
Ambassador of Iran to Canada
In office
October 1974 – November 1978
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
PresidentAmir-Abbas Hoveyda
Jamshid Amouzegar
Jafar Sharif-Emami
Preceded byParviz Adl
Succeeded byAbulhassan Bakhtiar
Chancellor of Tehran University
In office
1967–1970
Preceded byJahanshah Saleh
Succeeded byAlinaghi Alikhani
Chancellor of Aryamehr University
In office
1967–1968
Preceded byMohammad Ali Mojtahedi
Succeeded byMohammad Reza Amin
Personal details
Born(1915-01-01)1 January 1915
Rasht, Sublime State of Persia
(present-day Iran)
Died19 November 2019(2019-11-19) (aged 104)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
Columbia University
Polytechnic University of New York
Syracuse University
Known forNetwork and Information Theory
Ambassador of Iran to the Canada (1975–1979)

Fazlollah Reza (Persian: فضل‌الله رضا; January 1, 1915 – November 19, 2019) was an Iranian university professor.

Career

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Reza graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tehran in 1938, receiving a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He received a master's and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Columbia University in 1946 and Polytechnic University of New York (now New York University Tandon School of Engineering) in 1950 respectively. He was a Fellow of the IEEE and AAAS for his contribution to network and information theory. He was an honorary member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature and wrote and spoke extensively on classical Persian poetry.

Positions

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Reza served as the head of Aryamehr University of Industry (Sharif University of Technology), University of Tehran, Iran's ambassador to Canada and Iran's ambassador to UNESCO. As a professor, he taught at MIT, McGill University, Concordia University, and the University of Tehran.

Bibliography

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  • Reza, Fazlollah M.; Seeley, Samuel (1959). Modern Network Analysis (PDF).
  • Reza, Fazlollah M. (1961). An Introduction to Information Theory. ISBN 0486682102.
  • Reza, Fazlollah M. (1971). Linear spaces in engineering.
  • Reza, Fazlollah M. (1972). The timeless value of Persian poetry = La valeur éternelle de la poésie persane. Éditions de la délégation de l'Iran, auprès de l'Unesco.

See also

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Academic offices
Preceded by Chancellor of Aryamehr University
1967–1968
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Jahanshah Saleh
Chancellor of University of Tehran
1967–1970
Succeeded by
Alinaghi Alikhani