Rochester, Nathaniel, 1752-1831

  1. Rochester, Nathaniel, 1752-1831
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Biographical Note

1919, Jan. 14 Born, Buffalo, N.Y. 1941 B.A. in electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 1941 1943 Member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass. 1943 Married Ruth Bartlett (divorced 1973) 1943 1948 Department manager, Sylvania Electric Products, Boston, Mass. 1948 1955 Manager of computer engineering, International Business Machines Corp., Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 1954 1955 Member of Project Lamplight, a study of continental air defense for the armed services run by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1955 1958 Department manager in the research division, International Business Machines Corp., Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 1958 1959 Visiting professor of communications science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass. Member of Project Atlantis, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology project for the United States Navy 1959 1965 Director of experimental machine research in the research division, International Business Machines Corp., White Plains, N.Y. 1961 Member of Project Beacon which planned the nation’s air traffic control system for the Federal Aviation Authority 1967 1983 Fellow, International Business Machines Corp., Cambridge Scientific Center, Cambridge, Mass. 1974 Married Louise Kelley 1983 1985 Fellow, International Business Machines Corp., entry systems division, Boca Raton, Fla. 1985 1986 Fellow, International Business Machines Corp., Cambridge Scientific Center, Cambridge, Mass. 1986 circa 1992 Supplemental fellow, International Business Machines Corp., Cambridge Scientific Center, Cambridge, Mass. 2001, June 8 Died, Newport, Vt.

From the guide to the Nathaniel Rochester Papers, 1935-1999, (bulk 1943-1977), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)