Jerry Wiesner, Scientist, Statesman, Humanist: Memories and Memoirs PDF
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Jerry Wiesner: Scientist, Statesman, Humanist In MIT’s Killian Court. (Photo by Calvin Campbell. Courtesy of the MIT Museum.) Jerry Wiesner: Scientist, Statesman, Humanist Memories and Memoirs Edited by Walter A. Rosenblith The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. This book was set in Sabon by SNP Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kong. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jerry Wiesner—scientist, statesman, humanist : memories and memoirs / edited by Walter A. Rosenblith. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-262-18232-7 (hc.: alk. paper) 1. Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915–2. Electric engineers—United States—Biog- raphy. 3. Scientists—United States—Biography. I. Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915– II. Rosenblith, Walter A. TK140.W54J47 2004 621.3¢092—dc21 [B] 2003051288 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A work conceived and initiated by Walter A. Rosenblith completed by Judy F. Rosenblith Contents Foreword xiii Edward M. Kennedy Preface xvii Joshua A. Wiesner Introduction xxi Judy F. Rosenblith MEMORIES 1 Brothers 3 Walter A. Rosenblith Abiding Optimist 19 Louis D. Smullin Ace Communicator 29 Alan Lomax Scientist, Educator, Sailor 33 Robert I. Hulsizer, Jr. A View from the White House 39 Theodore C. Sorensen International Perspectives 43 Michael Sela A Man for All Seasons 49 Eugene B. Skolnikoff An Enlightenment Man 55 Philip Morrison viii Contents Educator, Political Leader, Much Loved Friend 65 John Kenneth Galbraith Race, Education, and Community 69 Elma Lewis The Search for Soviet Cybernetics 81 Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr. A Passion for the Arts 89 Catherine N. Stratton Peace Became His Profession 99 Carl Kaysen Excellence in Action 107 Paul E. Gray A Lesson in Wisdom 113 Shirley Ann Jackson Three Glimpses 117 Robert M. Solow A Man of Courage and Integrity 123 Willard R. Johnson Giving Women a Break When Few Men Did 137 Carola Eisenberg Campaigner for Urban Justice 145 Melvin H. King The Origins of the Media Lab 149 Nicholas Negroponte Continuing Communication 157 Emma Rothschild Commitment to International Peace and Security 165 Ruth S. Adams A Voice of Reason 177 Anthony Lewis Coda 183 Howard W. Johnson Contents ix JERRY IN HIS OWN WORDS 189 MEMOIRS 191 A Random Walk through the Twentieth Century 197 Remembering the Rad Lab and RLE 207 Los Alamos 219 Technological Capabilities Panel 233 Up the Ladder to the White House 241 Kennedy 267 ABM 293 Gorbachev’s Revolution 327 SELECTED SPEECHES AND PAPERS 341 Convocation Speech 343 MIT, October 15, 1969 Science, Technology, and the Quality of Life 347 Inaugural address as MIT president, October 7, 1971 Commencement Address 361 Valedictory address as MIT president, June 2, 1980 Communication Theory and the Learning Process 367 CBS, Westchester, New York, October 23, 1980 Disenthralling Ourselves 379 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., April 28, 1984 Creating with Computing 389 Wiesner Building dedication, MIT, October 2, 1985 The Rise and Fall of the President’s Science Advisory Committee 399 Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C., April 27, 1987 Survival, the Moral Equivalent of the Arms Race 413 National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., January 1988 A Department of Development 429 Cambridge, Mass., May 17, 1988
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