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Shannon, Claude Elwood

1916-2001

MIT Class of 1940


Research Assistant in Electrical Engineering 1936-1938; Research Assistant in Mathematics 1938-1940; Professor of Communications Science 1957-1958; Donner Professor of Science 1958-1979; Professor Emeritus 1979-2001.

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Portrait of MIT Professor Claude Elwood Shannon. At MIT Shannon was a Research Assistant in Electrical Engineering from 1936-1938, Research Assistant in Mathematics from 1938-1940, Professor of Communications Science from 1957-1958, Donner Professor of Science from 1958-1979, and Professor Emeritus from 1979-2001.

Portrait of MIT Professor Claude Elwood Shannon. At MIT Shannon was a Research Assistant in Electrical Engineering from 1936-1938, Research Assistant in Mathematics from 1938-1940, Professor of Communications Science from 1957-1958, Donner Professor of Science from 1958-1979, and Professor Emeritus from 1979-2001.

Claude Shannon filming for CBS telecast "The Thinking Machine" [CES2a]

MIT Professor Claude Elwood Shannon (left) seated at a desk with an unidentified individual (right). At MIT Shannon was a Research Assistant in Electrical Engineering from 1936-1938, Research Assistant in Mathematics from 1938-1940, Professor of Communications Science from 1957-1958, Donner Professor of Science from 1958-1979, and Professor Emeritus from 1979-2001.

Portrait of MIT Professor Claude Elwood Shannon. At MIT Shannon was a Research Assistant in Electrical Engineering from 1936-1938, Research Assistant in Mathematics from 1938-1940, Professor of Communications Science from 1957-1958, Donner Professor of Science from 1958-1979, and Professor Emeritus from 1979-2001.

Claude Shannon, October 1968

Portrait of MIT Professor Claude Elwood Shannon. At MIT Shannon was a Research Assistant in Electrical Engineering from 1936-1938, Research Assistant in Mathematics from 1938-1940, Professor of Communications Science from 1957-1958, Donner Professor of Science from 1958-1979, and Professor Emeritus from 1979-2001.

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Portrait of MIT Professor Claude Elwood Shannon. At MIT Shannon was a Research Assistant in Electrical Engineering from 1936-1938, Research Assistant in Mathematics from 1938-1940, Professor of Communications Science from 1957-1958, Donner Professor of Science from 1958-1979, and Professor Emeritus from 1979-2001.

Claude Shannon filming CBS telecast "The Thinking Machine", October 1960 [CES_002]

Claude Shannon with machine arm [CES_002b]

August 1972 [CES_003a]

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L to R: Julius Stratton, Norbert Wiener, Claude Shannon

L-R: Paul Rosen, Lincoln Lab; Claude Shannon; Jack Wozencraft [JMW_3]

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Harvey Award, 1972 [CES_010a]

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MIT Summer Session 1954, Mathematical Problems of Communication Theory [NWiener_036]

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