Jerome Isaac Elkind

Background

Elkind, Jerome Isaac was born on August 30, 1929 in New York City. Son of Samuel and Rose (Klion) Elkind.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Elec. Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951; Master of Science in Elec. Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952; Doctor of Science in Elec.

Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956.

Career

Staff member Lincoln Laboratory,, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, 1952-1956; group leader, Radio Corporation of America, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1956-1958; senior scientist, Bolt Beranel & Newman, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1962; vice president, then senior vice president, Bolt Beranel & Newman, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962-1969; visiting professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1969-1970; laboratory manager Palo Alto (California) Research Center,, Xerox Corporation, 1971-1978; vice president, Xerox Corporation, 1978-1988; chairman, Lexia Institute, Palo Alto, since 1989. Member commission on human factor NAS, Washington, 1985-1991.

Achievements

• Jerome Isaac Elkind has been listed as a notable Computer scientist, company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Family Svc. Mid-Peninsula, Palo Alto, 1991-1992. Fellow Human Factors Society.

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (editor transactions on Human Factors in Electronics 1961-1966), Association for Computing Machinery.

Connections

Married Linda Valenstein, January 18, 1959. Children: James, Sarah, Kenneth.

Father:

Samuel Elkind

Mother:

Rose (Klion) Elkind

Spouse:

Linda Valenstein

child:

James Elkind

child:

Kenneth Elkind

child:

Sarah Elkind