Wiesner biography

  • Wiesner biography

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    Jerome Wiesner

    American electrical engineer, science policy adviser, and university president

    Jerome Wiesner

    In office
    1971–1980
    Preceded byHoward Johnson
    Succeeded byPaul Gray
    In office
    January 20, 1961 – January 24, 1964
    PresidentJohn F.

    Kennedy
    Lyndon B. Johnson

    Preceded byGeorge Kistiakowsky
    Succeeded byDonald Hornig
    Born

    Jerome Bert Wiesner


    (1915-05-30)May 30, 1915
    Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    DiedOctober 21, 1994(1994-10-21) (aged 79)
    Watertown, Massachusetts, U.S.
    SpouseLaya Wainger
    EducationUniversity of Michigan(BS, MS, PhD)
    AwardsIEEE Founders Medal(1977)
    Vannevar Bush Award(1992)
    Scientific career
    FieldsElectrical engineering
    InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
    Los Alamos Laboratory
    ThesisPre-ignition phenomena in gas switching tubes and related rectifier burnout problems (1950)

    Jerome Bert Wiesner (May 30, 1915 – October 21, 1994