Jerome Wiesner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jerome Wiesner

American academic engineer

Date of Birth: 30-May-1915

Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 21-Oct-1994

Profession: engineer, physicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Jerome Bert Wiesner (May 30, 1915 – October 21, 1994) was a professor of electrical engineering, chosen by President John F.
Kennedy as chairman of his Science Advisory Committee (PSAC).
Educated at the University of Michigan, he was associate director of the university's radio broadcasting service and provided electronic and acoustical assistance to the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan.
During World War II, he worked on microwave radar development at the MIT Radiation Laboratory.
He worked briefly after the war at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, then returned to MIT's Research Laboratory of Electronics from 1946 to 1961.
After serving as Kennedy's science advisor, he returned to MIT, becoming its president from 1971 to 1980.
He died at his home of heart failure. He was an outspoken critic of manned exploration of outer space, believing instead in automated space probes.
He challenged NASA's choice of developing the Apollo Lunar Module as a means to achieving Kennedy's goal of landing men on the Moon.
At Kennedy's direction, he investigated Rachel Carson's criticism of the use of the pesticide DDT, and issued a report in support of her claims.
He was an advocate for arms control, and a critic of anti-ballistic-missile defense systems.
While MIT president, he was put on President Richard M.
Nixon's extended "enemies list".



Alternative names	Cecil William Stoughton
Description	American photographer Photographer under President John F. Kennedy
Date of birth/death	18 January 1920 / 20 January 1920	3 November 2008
Location of birth/death	Oskaloosa	Merritt Island
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