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He was born Vig János in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]. His father was a [[jeweller]]. At the age of two, most of his relatives were deportedmurdered toin [[Nazi_concentration_camps | concentration camps]]. Hisincluding [[Auschwitz]], however his father survived<ref>{{Cite web |title=Individual Files (male) - Concentration Camp Buchenwald |url=https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/search/person/7344617?s=vig%20lajos&t=222836&p=0 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Arolsen Archives}}</ref> the camp at [[Buchenwald_concentration_camp | Buchenwald]], [[Germany]], but more than a dozen close relatives were murdered in camps such as [[Auschwitz]]. The family escapedfled Hungary in 1956 during the [[Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 | revolutionHungarian of 1956Revolution]] and immigrated to the USA as refugees in 1957. Settling in [[New York City]] with his family, he subsequently received a [[Bachelor_of_Science | B.S. degree]] from [[City_College_of_New_York | City College New York]] in 1964. In 1969 he received a [[Ph.D.]] in [[Physics]] from [[Rutgers_University | Rutgers - The State University]]. After graduating he joinedbegan his professional career at the Electronic Components Laboratory at [[Fort_Monmouth | Fort Monmouth]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-26 |title=Oral-History:John Vig |url=https://ethw.org/Oral-History:John_Vig |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=ETHW |language=en}}</ref>

Throughout hisHis professional career, spanned roles working as a [[physicist]], [[electronics engineer]], [[program manager]], [[senior_management | executive]] and [[board member]],. heHe performed and led research to develop high-accuracy [[clocks]], [[sensors]] and low-noise [[oscillators]]. He retired in 2006. Since retirement he consults, primarily to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ([[DARPA]]). He supports research in micro/nano resonators, low-noise oscillators and [[Chip-scale_atomic_clock | chip-scale atomic clocks]].

* Journal associatesenior editor, seniorassociate editor and guest editor of special issues

* Conference generaltechnical and technicalgeneral program chair

In 1988, heHe was elected Fellow of the IEEE in 1988 "for contributions to the technology of quartz crystals for precision frequency control and timing."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-03 |title=IEEE Fellow Grade History |url=https://ethw.org/IEEE_Fellow_Grade_History |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=ETHW |language=en}}</ref>

John VigHe has been awarded 56 patents<ref>{{Cite web |title=Patent Database Search Results: in/(John-Vig$ or Vig-John$) in US Patent Collection |url=https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=in/(John-Vig$+or+Vig-John$)&d=PTXT |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=patft.uspto.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Innovation |title=Canadian Patent Database / Base de données sur les brevets canadiens |url=https://brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/eng/patent/1168134/summary.html?type=number_search&tabs1Index=tabs1_1 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Innovation |title=Canadian Patent Database / Base de données sur les brevets canadiens |url=https://brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/eng/patent/1128842/summary.html?type=number_search&tabs1Index=tabs1_1 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca |language=en}}</ref>. He has also published more thanover 100 papers and nine book chapters with his publications having been cited over 5000 times.<ref>{{Cite web |title=John R Vig |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1pn0zCUAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref>