IN MEMORIAM

Philip Cheney

Dr. Cheney served as the Senior Consultant for Corporate and Government Partnerships at ALERT and the Bernard M. Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems. Phil was a mainstay of Gordon-CenSSIS. He brought a level head and a calm demeanor to our management team. His positive attitude, convincing manner, and quick wit, in addition to his deep knowledge of engineering, and engineering business always made us glad he was on our side. As mentor for the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program, Phil was actively engaged and committed to develop the next cadre of engineers who aspire to great things and have the confidence to make it happen.

A man of solid integrity as well as expertise, it was a privilege for all of us to have worked with him and to be able to call him friend. We will miss him.

And we will miss how he would always "work it," and make everything come out okay.

Phil worked at Raytheon for 40 years, rising to the position of Vice President of Engineering including responsibility for Engineering, Program Management, and Quality Management. After retiring from Raytheon in 2001, Phil brought his expertise in engineering and business to many organizations through work as an individual research contributor, engineering project leader, laboratories manager, government programs manager and board member.

Phil's affiliation with Northeastern began in 1990, the same year he became VP for Engineering at Raytheon. He actively supported the Center for Electromagnetics Research. In 2002, he became formally affiliated with Northeastern as Visiting Professor and Engineering Executive in Residence for the College of Engineering. In 2003, he also became the Senior Consultant for Corporate and Government Partnerships for the Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems. Phil was an important presence in Gordon-CenSSIS, the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program, and the DHS-funded ALERT Center of Excellence. He received the BSEE and MSEE from MIT in 1957 and 1958, respectively, and the PhD in EE from Stanford University in 1961.

The Center is in the process of planning a memorial remembrance to celebrate Phil and his central role for us as mentor, sage and colleague.