Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1916, Apr. 30 | Born, Petoskey, Mich. |
| 1936 | B.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| 1940 | M.Sc., electrical engineering, and Ph.D., mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1940-1941 | Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. |
| 1948 | Published “A Mathematical Theory of Communication,” Bell System Technical Journal |
| 1949 | Married Mary E. Moore |
| 1941-1958 | Research mathematician, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J. |
| 1958-1978 | Donner Professor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1985 | Awarded Kyoto Prize |
| 2001, Feb. 24 | Died, Medford, Mass. |