Background
WIESNER, Jerome was born on May 30, 1915 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph Wiesner and Ida Friedman.
professor and communications engineer
WIESNER, Jerome was born on May 30, 1915 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph Wiesner and Ida Friedman.
University of Michigan.
Professor, of Electrical Engineering, Association Director and Director Research Laboratory of Electronics, Chairman Department, of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1948-1961, Dean of Science 1964-1966, Provost 1966-1971, President 1971-1980, President Emeritus and Institute Professor since 1980. Special Assistant to President, for Science and Technology, Director Office of Science and Technology, White House 1961-1964. Chairman Technology Assessment Advisory Council, United States Congress 1976-1979.
Director Cons, for Manager Incorporated., The Faxon Company, MacArthur Foundation.
Fellow I.E.E.E., American Academy, of Arts and Sciences.
Staff Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1942-1945. Staff University of California, Los Alamos Laboratory 1945-1946. Institute of Radio Engineers, Acoustical Society of America, Federation American Scientists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, North.A.S., National Academy, of Engineering, American Association of University Professors, Geophysical Union, American Philosophical Society.
Married Laya Wainger in 1940.