Harvey Jerome Brudner | |
|---|---|
 Brudner in 2007 | |
| Vice President of Research and Development Westinghouse Learning | |
| In office 1967–1971 | |
| Dean of Science and Technology New York Institute of Technology | |
| In office 1962–1964 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 29, 1931 Brooklyn, New York City |
| Died | September 15, 2009 (aged 78) Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Spouse |
Helen Gross (m. 1964–2009) |
| Education | New York University (Ph.D. 1959) |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Known for | Information theory |
| Website | Brudner blog |
Harvey Jerome Brudner (May 29, 1931 - September 15, 2009) was a theoretical physicist and engineer. He was the dean of science and technology of the New York Institute of Technology from 1962 to 1964.[1] He was president of the Joyce Kilmer Centennial Commission, and the Highland Park, New Jersey Centennial Commission.[2][3][4] He was an early proponent of using computers in the classroom.[5][6] For many years he wrote on Babylonian mathematics.[7][8][9]
Brudner was born in Brooklyn, New York City on May 29, 1931, to Anna Fidelman (1901-1963) and Joseph Brudner (1898-1968?), and he had a brother, Sol B. Brudner.[1] Joseph had emigrated from Austria in June 1908, and Anna and Joseph married on January 23, 1927, in Manhattan. Harvey received his B.S. in Engineering Physics in 1952 and graduated cum laude from New York University.[1] Two years later, in 1954, he received his M.S. in physics, and then his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 1959, both from New York University.[1][10]
He was president of Medical Development, Inc. originally in Jersey City, New Jersey and later in Fort Lee, New Jersey in 1962. In 1962 he hired one of people sent to New York City in a reverse freedom ride.[11][12][13] Brudner then was professor, and later the Dean of Science and Technology at the New York Institute of Technology from 1962 to 1964. He moved to the American Can Company in 1964 and stayed till 1967. He became vice president of research and development at Westinghouse Learning Corporation, a computer service and training consulting firm owned by Westinghouse Electric, from 1967 to 1971. From 1971 to 1976 he was President of Westinghouse Learning Corporation.[14][6][15][16] He was made a fellow of the IEEE in 1978, "for leadership in the development and application of computers and electronic, audio-visual systems in education and training."[17]
He later was the President of the Joyce Kilmer Centennial Commission, in New Brunswick, New Jersey from 1985 to the present.[18][19] [20] He was also President of the Highland Park, New Jersey Centennial Commission.[3][21][22]
He died on September 15, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[1]
A technique has been developed for the calculation of excited state, one-electron wave functions based on the Thomas-Fermi statistical theory of the atom.
The use of computers as a teacher's aid may entirely revolutionize the field of education.
A classic mystery locked in a 3,600-year-old Babylonian clay tablet has been solved! How did the Babylonians know the Pythagorean theorem a thousand years before the Greek mathematician and philosopher was born? For those who have forgotten their geometry, the Pythagorean theorem states: 'The square of the hypotenuse of a right-angle triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the two ...'
On March 20, the Home News Tribune provided the architectural rendering of the proposed New Brunswick Pinnacle Complex. The plan indicated that two of the sides of this pentagon-shaped complex included Joyce Kilmer North Avenue and Joyce Kilmer Avenue.
