Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush
	Vannevar Bush, ca. 1940–44
Born	March 11, 1890; Everett, Massachusetts, United States
Died	June 28, 1974 (aged 84); Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Tufts College (B.S., M.S., 1913); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (D.Eng., 1916)
Known for	National Science Foundation; Manhattan Project; Raytheon; Differential analyzer
Awards	Edison Medal (1943); Hoover Medal (1946); Medal for Merit (1948); IRI Medal (1949); John Fritz Medal (1951); John J. Carty Award (1953); National Medal of Science (1963); Atomic Pioneer Award (1970); (more, see below)
	Scientific career
Fields	Electrical engineering
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Carnegie Institution of Washington
Thesis	Oscillating-current circuits; an extension of the theory of generalized angular velocities, with applications to the coupled circuit and the artificial transmission line (1916)
Notable students	Claude Shannon; Frederick Terman
Influenced	Douglas Engelbart; Ted Nelson
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Vannevar Bush (/væˈniːvɑːr/ van-NEE-var; March 11, 1890 – June 28, 1974) was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator. He is known in engineering for his work on analog computers, for founding Raytheon, and for the memex.

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Cambridge differential analyser
Cut away diagram of the proximity fuze Mark 53
Left to right: Vannevar Bush, James B. Conant, Major General Leslie Groves and Colonel Franklin Matthias at the Hanford Site in July 1945
Bush conceived the encyclopedia of the future as having a mesh of associative trails running through it, akin to hyperlinks, stored in a memex system.
Bush (left) with Harry S. Truman (center) and James B. Conant (right)
From left to right in a November 1969 photo, Glenn Seaborg, President Richard Nixon, and the three awardees of the Atomic Pioneers Award: Vannevar Bush, James B. Conant, and Gen. Leslie Groves.
This inscription honoring Vannevar Bush is in the lobby of MIT's Building 13, which is named after him, and is the home of the Center for Materials Science and Engineering.^[2]

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Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush, ca. 1940–44
Born	(1890-03-11)March 11, 1890 Everett, Massachusetts, United States
Died	June 28, 1974(1974-06-28) (aged 84) Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Tufts College (B.S., M.S., 1913) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (D.Eng., 1916)
Known for	National Science Foundation Manhattan Project Raytheon Differential analyzer
Awards	Edison Medal (1943) Hoover Medal (1946) Medal for Merit (1948) IRI Medal (1949) John Fritz Medal (1951) John J. Carty Award (1953) National Medal of Science (1963) Atomic Pioneer Award (1970) (more, see below)
Scientific career
Fields	Electrical engineering
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Institution of Washington
Thesis	Oscillating-current circuits; an extension of the theory of generalized angular velocities, with applications to the coupled circuit and the artificial transmission line (1916)
Notable students	Claude Shannon Frederick Terman
Influenced	Douglas Engelbart Ted Nelson

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