Carl R. Soderberg

Carl Richard (Dick) Soderberg (February 3, 1895 - October 17, 1979) was a power engineer and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Soderberg was born in the fishing village of Ulvöhamn, in Örnsköldsvik Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden. He enrolled at the Chalmers Institute of Technology in Göteborg. In 1919 he graduated with a degree in naval architecture. On a fellowship from The American-Scandinavian Foundation, Soderberg came to MIT, where he was awarded the degree of bachelor of science in June 1920. In 1922, Soderberg started at the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. In 1928, Soderberg accepted an offer from ASEA to return to Sweden and head the development of a new line of large...