AKA Claude Elwood Shannon, Jr.

Born: 30-Apr-1916
Birthplace: Gaylord, MI
Died: 24-Feb-2001
Location of death: Medford, MA
Cause of death: Alzheimer's

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist, Mathematician, Inventor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Pioneer in information theory

Father: Claude Shannon, Sr. (judge, b. 1862, d. 1934)
Mother: Mabel Wolf Shannon (high school principal, b. 1880, d. 1945)
Sister: Catherine S. Kay
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Moore ("Betty", m. 27-Mar-1949)
Son: Robert Shannon
Son: Andrew Moore Shannon
Daughter: Margarita Shannon ("Peggy")

    High School: Gaylord High School, Gaylord, MI (1932)
    University: BS Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan (1936)
    University: BS Mathematics, University of Michigan (1936)
    University: MS Electrical Engineering, MIT (1937)
    University: PhD Mathematics, MIT (1940)
    Professor: MIT (1958-78)

    Bell Laboratories 1941-72
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    American Philosophical Society 1983
    Institute for Advanced Study 1940-41
    IEEE
    National Academy of Sciences
    Royal Society
    Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society
    Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society 1939
    Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
    Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
    IEEE Medal of Honor 1966
    National Medal of Science 1966
    Kyoto Prize 1985
    National Inventors Hall of Fame 2004
    Risk Factors: Alzheimer's

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