# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-d-achenbach
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:09:34.560Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-d-achenbach"
name: "Jan D. Achenbach"
slug: "jan-d-achenbach"
description: "Jan Drewes Achenbach was a Dutch-American engineer who was on the faculty of Northwestern University from 1963 until his retirement."
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birthDate: "1935-08-20"
deathDate: "2020-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump