Dr. Ho Chung Huang

Dr. Ho Chung Huang, 89 years old, of Rockville, MD, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 18, 2026. He was the husband of Hedy Huang, who survives him.

Ho was born in Zhang Zhou, Fujian Province, China to the late Kuan-Liang Huang and Su-Cheng Chang Huang.

Ho lived a rich and full life. He survived the Japanese invasion of China during World War II. During the Communist takeover of China, he and his family fled to Taiwan as refugees. There, after a lot of hard studying, gained admittance to National Taiwan University (NTU). At NTU, he met his life-long friends, known as BDM, as well as his beloved wife, Hedy.

The BDM friends continued to support each other and after a mandatory military service, Ho came to the United States to study and earn a Master’s and Doctorate in Electrical Engineering at Cornell University. In later years, the BDM friends travelled the world together, eating, dancing and playing mahjong.

For over 50 years, Ho worked as an Engineer at Monsanto, RCA, COMSAT and then his own company, AMCOM. He was an expert in communication satellite transponders, in both design and fabrication.  He has numerous patents, including one that NASA used, and became an IEEE Lifetime Fellow. He also received the David Sarnoff Technical Excellence Award from RCA and was a leader and mentor in the IEEE.

In addition to his loving wife, Ho is survived by his daughter Audrey Huang, and her husband, Chris Bradford, of Cambridge, MA as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

The family will be holding a ceremony on Saturday, January 24th, at the Chapel at the Village of Rockville, 9701 Veirs Drive, Rockville (10:30 am viewing, 11:30 service) followed by a Banquet Lunch at China Garden/Han Gong (11333 Woodglen Drive, Rockville).

In lieu of flowers, donations to either:

1)  IEEE Foundation, In Memory of Dr. Ho Chung Huang, to the EPICS in IEEE Fund online at:

https://secure.ieeefoundation.org/site/Donation2?df_id=1900&mfc_pref=T&1900.donation=form1

2) the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AADELF) by mail: c/o AALDELF, Attention: Development Department, 99 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 or online at: www.aaldelf.org/take-action/donate/

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