Jerome Wiesner
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Jerome Wiesner was an American engineer, science advisor to President John F. Kennedy, and influential MIT president known for his leadership in science policy and technology innovation.
Aliases (1)
- Jerome B. Wiesner ×2
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engineer
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human → science advisor → university president → |
| advisorTo |
John F. Kennedy
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| educatedAt |
University of Michigan
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| employer |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| familyName |
Wiesner
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| fieldOfWork |
engineering
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higher education administration → science and technology policy → |
| givenName |
Jerome
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| memberOf |
President's Science Advisory Committee
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| name |
Jerome Wiesner
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| notableFor |
influencing national policy on space and defense technologies
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promoting technology innovation at MIT → shaping U.S. federal science policy in the 1960s → |
| notableWork |
advocacy on nuclear arms control
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leadership in U.S. science policy → |
| occupation |
educator
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engineer → science policy advisor → university administrator → |
| positionHeld |
President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Science Advisor to the President of the United States → |
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male
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| workLocation |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Washington, D.C. → |
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MIT Building 20
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President's Science Advisory Committee
("Jerome B. Wiesner")
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MIT Media Lab
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President's Science Advisory Committee
("Jerome B. Wiesner")
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Jerome Wiesner
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