Background

Dertouzos, Michael Leonidas was born on November 5, 1936 in Athens, Greece. Son of Leonidas Michael and Rosana G. (Maris) Dertouzos. came to the United States, 1954, naturalized, 1965.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Arkansas, 1957. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Arkansas, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964.

Doctorate (honorary), National University Athens, 1992.

Career

During Dertouzos's term, LCS innovated in a variety of areas, including RSA encryption, the spreadsheet, the NuBus, the X Window System, and the Internet. Dertouzos was instrumental in defining the World Wide Web Consortium and bringing it to MIT. He was a firm supporter of the GNU Project, Richard Stallman, and the FSF, and their continued presence at MIT. In 1968, he co-founded Computek, Inc., a manufacturer of graphics and intelligent terminals with Marvin C. Lewis and Dr. Huber Graham. Dertouzos was a graduate of Athens College and attended the University of Arkansas on a Fulbright Scholarship.

He received his Ph.D. from M.I.T. in 1964 and joined the M.I.T. faculty. He was buried at the First Cemetery of Athens. ... It's time to put the two back together.

The potential of the modern information age seems overshadowed at every turn by the ancient forces that separate the rich from the poor.

Achievements

• Patentee in field.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • Made in America: Regaining the Productive Edge

    ( What went wrong and how can America become second to no...)

  • The Computer Age: A Twenty Year View (Mit Bicentennial Studies) (Paperback) - Common

    (The past and future of computers in our lives, from scien...)

  • Systems, Networks, and Computation: Basic Concepts

    (This 1972 publication has strong binding clean pages. The...)

  • Threshold Logic: A Synthesis Approach (Research Monograph)
  • Threshold Logic a Synthesis Approach
  • Systems, Networks and Computations: Multivariable Methods
  • The Computer Age: A Twenty-Year View (MIT Bicentennial Studies) by Moses, Joel, Dertouzous, Michael (1980) Paperback
  • Made in America: regaining the productive edge. MIT, 1992.
  • Made in America: Regaining the Productive Edge by Dertouzos Michael L. Solow Robert M. Lester Richard K. (1989-04-03) Hardcover
  • Made in America: Regaining the Productive Edge by Dertouzos, Michael L., Solow, Robert M., Lester, Richard K. 1st edition (1989) Hardcover

• Other Work

  • Author: Threshold Logic: A Synthesis Approach, 1966, (with Athans, Spann and Mason) Systems, Networks and Computation: Multivariable Methods, 1974, Systems, Networks and Computation: Basic Concepts, 1972, (with Clark, Halle, Pool and Wiesner) The Telephone's First Century– and Beyond, 1977, The Computer Age. A Twenty Year View, 1979, (with others) Made in America: Regaining the Productive Edge, 1989. Contributor articles professional journals.
    
    Patentee in field.

Religion

We made a big mistake 300 years ago when we separated technology and humanism.

Views

Quotations: We made a big mistake 300 years ago when we separated technology and humanism. ... It's time to put the two back together. The potential of the modern information age seems overshadowed at every turn by the ancient forces that separate the rich from the poor.

Membership

Trustee Athens College, Greece, since 1973, chairman United States board of trustees, since 1992. Chairman of the Board Boston Camerata, 1976-1980. Director Cambridge Society Early Music, 1974-1975.

Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Thompson best paper prize 1968). Member National Academy of Engineering, Academy Athens, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Mu Epsilon.

Connections

Children: Alexandra, Leonidas.

father:

Leonidas Michael Dertouzos

mother:

Rosana G. (Maris) Dertouzos

children:

Alexandra Dertouzos

Leonidas Dertouzos