Joseph Henry Condon
Joseph Henry 'Joe' Condon (born February 15, 1935 – January 2, 2012) was an American computer scientist, engineer and physicist, who spent most of his career at Bell Labs. The son of Edward Condon (a distinguished American nuclear physicist, pioneer in quantum mechanics and a participant in the development of radar and nuclear weapons during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project) and Emilie Honzik Condon, he was named after the 19th-century American physicist Joseph Henry.
Joseph Henry Condon | |
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Born | Princeton, New Jersey, United States | February 15, 1935
Died | January 2, 2012 76) | (aged
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University (Physics, 1958 Northwestern University (Ph.D. Physics, 1963 |
Known for | magnetic domains digital telephone switching Belle (chess machine) Unix |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science, Engineering, Physics |
Institutions | Bell Labs |
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