Jerome I. Elkind
Other namesJerry Elkind
Known forComputer science
SpouseLinda Valenstein
Academic background
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology[1]
InfluencesJ. C. R. Licklider[2]: 119 

Jerome Elkind is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist. In 1988 he was co-founder of the Lexia Institute.

Biography

Elkind was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning his undergraduate degree in 1951 and Sc.D. in 1957.[1] He went on to join BBN Technologies and participated for them in the 1960 Symposium on Principles of Self-Organization.[3] He then was appointed head of the Computer Science Laboratory at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (1971-8).[4][2]: ix  Here he held budgetary responsibility for new projects.[2]: 165  He also worked with Bob Taylor on the Xerox Alto. He went on to become Vice President of Systems Integration at Xerox.[4]

Personal life

In 1959, he married engineer Linda Starr Valenstein, daughter of advertising executive Lawrence Valenstein in a Jewish ceremony in Scarsdale.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jerome I. Elkind '51, ScD '56". MIT Energy Initiative. MIT. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Hiltzik, Michael (2000). Dealers of Lightning: Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the Computer Age. Harper Business.
  3. ^ Hutchinson, Jamie. ""Nerve center" of the cybernetic world Heinz von Foerster and the Biological Computer Laboratory". Biological Computer Laboratory. University of Illinois. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Jerome Elkind: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  5. ^ Herald Statesman: "Dr. Elkind, Engineer Weds Scarsdale Girl" January 19, 1959


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