Electronics Engineers. Personal life Cisler married and had a son, but the son died at an early age after getting hit by a milk truck. His wife left him. He married Gertrude, who died in 1974. He had at least two other children, Richard Rippe and Jane Eckhardt. In his later years, Cisler lived in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Cisler died on October 18, 1994, at his home in Grosse Pointe. He was buried at Media Cemetery in Media, Pennsylvania. References National Academy of Engineering memorial tribute 1897 births 1994 deaths People from Marietta, Ohio Cornell University College of Engineering alumni 20th-century American engineers Founding members of the United States National Academy of Engineering IEEE Edison Medal recipients Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Henry Laurence Gantt Medal recipients