Siegfried G. Knorr

1940 – 2005

He has achieved success who has lived well,
laughed often and loved much;
who has gained the respect of intelligent men
and the love of little children;
who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
who has left the world better than he found it…
whose life was an inspiration;
whose memory a benediction.


-- Bessie Stanley
Dr. Siegfried G. Knorr, Founder and CEO of Colby Instruments, Inc.,
passed away on March 20, 2005 of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakobs Disease.
He designed the world's fastest high precision measurement instruments and held
many patents.  Dr. Knorr is known for his highly innovative designs,
which are still unsurpassed today for their performance and functionality.

He was a gifted teacher and mentor, and former professor of Electrical Engineering at
UCLA.  Throughout the years, Dr. Knorr sponsored students from Germany for
specialized studies and laboratory experience in high-frequency electronics.  His former
students now hold industry and university leadership positions throughout the world.

Dr. Knorr was born in Germany, studied at Oxford and Bristol Universities in the United
Kingdom, earned his BS in Electrical Engineering at the Fachhochschule Furtwagen in
the Black Forest in Germany, and his MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering at the
University of California, Berkeley.   His early work experiences were in TV and
communications in Bremen and Wihelmshaven in Germany, and at the Royal Air Force
Airbase in Jever, Germany.   Prior to his teaching and research at UCLA,
he was an electronic design engineer at Tektronix, Inc., Portland, OR.

He is recognized as a brilliant scientist of the highest integrity, friend and colleague, and
a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and son.  Siegfried is survived by his
devoted wife, Betty Chang Knorr; his daughters, Katherine Knorr and Rena Chinn; his
son-in-law, Victor Chinn; his grandchildren Joshua and Rebecca Chinn; as well as his
sister and brother-in-law, Inge and Franz Cornelius; his sister Gitta Skolle-Andersen,
and other loving relatives in Germany.
Remembrances may be sent to the:
Knorr-Chang Neurological Research Fund
c/o UCLA School of Nursing, Development Office,
Factor Building
University of California
Los Angeles CA 90095-1702.
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