Siew Leng Moshe Lim

Background

Lim, Siew Leng Moshe was born on November 17, 1915 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. Came to the United States, 1950, naturalized, 1965. Son of Franklin Lim and Beatrice Ng.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1938. Master of Science in Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944.

Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1947.

Career

Post-doctoral fellow Stanford University, 1948, Purdue University, 1949. Senior professor Cornell University, since 1950, Harvard University, since 1950, Yale University, since 1950, University Southern California, Davis, since 1950, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1950, Max Planck Institute, Berlin, since 1950. Chief scientist Los Alamos Laboratory, 1955, Manchester Computer Project, 1956.

Senior scientist International Business Machines Corporation, since 1950, Nasa, 1970-1980, European Space Agency, Paris, since 1980, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, since 1980. Chairman Joint Nobel Prize Committee, since 1983.

Achievements

• Siew Leng Moshe Lim has been listed as a notable computer scientist, engineer, mathematician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director Nobel Physics Prize Committee, since 1981. Chairman board trustees, Nobel Foundation, since 1981.

Interests

• Golf, piano, mandolin, arrangements and compositions of modern classics.

Connections

Married Quee Cheng Queenie Ng, June 19, 1954. Children: Margaret, Pheng Chiew Dennis.

Father:

Franklin Lim

Mother:

Beatrice Ng

Spouse:

Quee Cheng Queenie Ng

child:

Margaret Lim

child:

Pheng Chiew Dennis Lim