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{{Short description|American control engineer (1914–1997)}}
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| birth_date              = 1914
| birth_place             = [[Nottawa Township, Isabella County, Michigan]]
| death_date              = 1997
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| nationality             = [[United States|American]]
| field                   = [[Control theory]]
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| alma_mater              = [[University of Michigan]]<br>[[Central Michigan University]]
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'''Nathaniel B. Nichols''' (1914–1997) was an American [[control engineer]] who made significant contributions to the field of [[control theory]]. He is well known for his book ''Theory of Servomechanisms'', one of the most widely read books in control engineering.
Nichols received a B.S. in chemistry in 1936 from [[Central Michigan University]], and an M.S. in physics from the [[University of Michigan]] in 1937.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ethw.org/Nathaniel_B._Nichols|title=Nathaniel B. Nichols - Engineering and Technology History Wiki|date=9 February 2016 }}</ref>
He was President of the [[IEEE Control Systems Society]] in 1968 and the [[American Automatic Control Council]] in 1974 and in 1975; and a recipient of the [[Rufus Oldenburger Medal]] (1969)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asme.org/about-asme/honors-awards/achievement-awards/rufus-oldenburger-medal |title=Rufus Oldenburger Medal |publisher=[[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] |accessdate={{Format date|2013|2|14}}}}</ref> and the [[Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award]] (1980).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://a2c2.org/awards/richard-e-bellman-control-heritage-award |title=Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award |publisher=[[American Automatic Control Council]] |accessdate={{Format date|2013|2|10}}}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.autsubmit.com/editorials/ed33_12.html Obituary]
{{Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award 1979-2000 Laureates}}
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[[Category:American control theorists]]
[[Category:Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award recipients]]
[[Category:1997 deaths]]
[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:Central Michigan University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Michigan alumni]]