Jerome Wiesner
- Born: May 30, 1915 (Detroit, Michigan)
- Died: October 21, 1994 (Watertown, Massachusetts)
Education
- 1937: BS, University of Michigan
- 1938: MS, University of Michigan
- 1950: PhD, University of Michigan (Electrical Engineering)
Major Positions
- 1937–1940: University of Michigan, Associate Director of Broadcasting
- 1940–1942: Library of Congress, Chief Engineer, Acoustics and Recording Laboratory
- 1942–1945: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Researcher
- 1945–1946: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Researcher and Group Leader
- 1946–1961: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor to Professor of Electrical Engineering
- 1961–1964: President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), Chair and Science Adviser to the President
- 1962–1964: Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President, Director
- 1964–1966: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dean of Science
- 1966–1971: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Provost
- 1971–1980: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President
- 1980–1994: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Professor and Emeritus President
Other Positions
- 1947–1950: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics
- 1950–1952: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics
- 1952–1961: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics
- 1956–1964: President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), Member
- 1959–1960: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Head, Department of Electrical Engineering
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1974–1981: Member, Technology Advisory Commission, Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress
- 1976–1981: Chair, Advisory Council, Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts
MIT Office of the President and Chancellor (Wiesner): Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Online Finding Aid
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1991: Available Online
Published Resources
Louis D. Smullin, "Jerome Bert Wiesner: 1915-1994", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Jerome Wiesner, edited by Walter Rosenblith, Jerry Wiesner: Scientist, Statesman, Humanist: Memories and Memoirs (Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 2004)
