Jerome Wiesner
Jerome Wiesner · Technology & Engineering
Computer & information scientist
1915, Detroit, Michigan, United States — 1994, Watertown, Massachusetts, United States
United States
Jerome Wiesner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Computer & information scientist
Jerome Wiesner was an American electrical engineer and information scientist who served as science advisor to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and later as president of MIT. He worked on radar and communications during World War II and became an influential voice for arms control and science policy. Wiesner was Jewish, the son of immigrants, and a major shaper of American science institutions.
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Computer & information scientist
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