Gerald E. Subak-Sharpe Gerald E. Subak-Sharpe, professor emeritus at the City College of New York and a resident of New York City and New Concord, died peacefully in his sleep on Sept. 10.  He was undergoing treatment for lymphoma, but heart failure was the cause of death. Dr. Subak-Sharpe, the son of Robert and Nelly Subak,  was born June 15, 1925, in Vienna, Austria.  He and his elder brother survived the Holocaust, thanks to the Kindertransport in which special trains took Jewish children from Nazi-occupied countries to safer havens. The Subak child refugees ended up in London, but were later evacuated to the countryside.  At  age 15, Gerald  worked in a screw factory and his brother was a farmhand. Eventually, they joined the British military; because the fate of their parents was unknown, they assumed the name of Sharpe.  Gerald was sent for officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where he was made  a lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment,  posted  to the Sudan, and later to London where he worked with German prisoners. After the war, the brothers  resumed their family name, becoming Subak-Sharpe. Gerald attended University College, London on a GI grant, earning a first class honors degree in electrical engineering. He emigrated to the United States in 1958 and was a researcher at the Bell Labs. He later obtained a doctorate degree from London University, and in 1969, earned  a PhD in electrical engineering from Columbia University. He embarked on his academic career at Manhattan College in New York and then CCNY, where he taught until age 80.  Over the years, he published numerous scientific papers, co-authored a seminal textbook on network theory and microcircuits,   lectured around the world, and was honored by his students as a favorite professor. In his younger years, Gerald was an avid skier and mountain climber; in later life, he relished time spent with family and friends in New Concord where the Subak-Sharpes  restored a rundown  Victorian house, which became his favorite retreat. Dr. Subak-Sharpe is survived by Genell (nee Jackson), his wife of almost 48 years; three children,  David Subak-Sharpe of Hong Kong, Hope Subak-Kaspar of Prague, and Dr. Sarah Subak-Krah of  Yarmouth, Maine; eight grandchildren; his brother, Dr. Herbert Subak-Sharpe of Glasgow, Scotland; and a niece and two nephews.  A funeral is set  for 1 p.m. Sunday September 18th. at the French, Gifford, Preiter & Blasl Funeral Home in Chatham followed by burial in the New Concord Cemetery and a gathering  at the Subak-Sharpe home.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Doctors Without Borders.  Online condolences may be sent at www.frenchblasl.com.