Joseph Dresner, of Princeton, NJ died on November 7, 2018.  He was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1927. After serving in the U.S. Army, he received B.S.E. and M.S. degrees in Engineering-Physics from the University of Michigan in 1949 and 1950, respectively, and a Ph.D. in Physics from New York University in 1958. From 1950 to 1954, he worked in medical physics, improving the use of high energy X-rays in cancer therapy. He joined RCA Laboratories in Princeton, New Jersey in 1958, where he worked until retiring in 1995. His basic research involved almost every electronic property of vitreous and organic semiconductors, particularly in thin films. He was also active in device work in the areas of solar energy, television displays, and thin film transistor circuits.

Dr. Dresner was a fellow of the American Physical Society and the author of 44 scientific papers, and he was granted 10 U.S. patents. During the 1971-1972 academic year, he was Visiting Professor at the Institute for Physics and Chemistry in São Carlos, Brazil. He and his family came to have much love for the people of that country and made many long-lasting friendships there.

He enjoyed a long marriage with his beloved wife, Esther, who predeceased him. He was a lover of music who tried to become learned in every aspect of world culture. He was proud of being literate in seven languages. He was a skilled and passionate sailor, often treating his friends to day cruises on his little sloop, "Fleurette." In his later years, he developed a love of poetry, which gave him comfort after the loss of his wife, and he worked hard at crafting his own poems, over 100 of them.

He leaves behind his daughter, Lisa M. Dresner, and a large network of extended family and friends.

Services were held Sunday, November 11, 2018 at The Jewish Center, Princeton, NJ with burial in Princeton Cemetery.

Donations, in his memory, to Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, 72 Escher St, Trenton, NJ 08609, are appreciated.