Person Shannon; Claude Elwood (1916 - 2001) Shannon Claude Elwood 1916 - 2001 American Male Gaylord, Michigan, USA 30/04/1916 19160430 24/02/2001 20010224

Education: State school, Gaylord; University of Michigan (1936, BSc Electrical Engineering and Mathematics); MIT (1940, Masters) Career: Worked at MIT and Bell Telephone Laboratories on telephone systems and established the binary system; developed a digital encryption system, used by Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt; wrote the landmark paper 'A mathematical theory of communication' (published 1948); Visiting Professor, MIT (1956); Donner Professor of Science, MIT (1957-1978); suffered from Alzheimer's Disease Grandson of an inventor; distant cousin of Thomas Edison; married (1939) Mary Elizabeth; one son, one daughter Foreign Member 20/06/1991 75 Sources: Obituaries: Guardian (08 March 2001); Times, Daily Telegraph (12 March 2001); Nature vol 410 p 768 (12 April 2001) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 30 Apr 1916 - 24 Feb 2001 NA5986 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 9d814e92-548b-4d7d-8ae7-01fabcba6c4d