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Robert Rivers Everett

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Robert Rivers Everett

Birth
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, USA
Death
15 Aug 2018 (aged 97)
Cape Cod, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cremated Add to Map
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father: Chester Mckenzie Everett
mother: Ruth (Melius) Everett

In 1945 he worked with Jay Forrester on the Whirlwind project, one of the first real time electronic computers. In 1958 he was a founding member of the MITRE Corporation, and was its president from 1969 to 1986.

In 1983 he received the Medal for Distinguished Public Service from the Department of Defense and in 1989 he received the National Medal of Technology.

In 2009, he was named the winner of the 2008 Eugene G. Fubini Award for outstanding contributions to the Department of Defense (DoD). In 2009, he was also made a Fellow of the Computer History Museum "for his work on the MIT Whirlwind and SAGE computer systems and a lifetime of directing advanced research and development projects.

Married Helen Louis Burns, October 21, 1966 (divorced October 1972). Children: Robert, Bruce, Douglas, Theodore, Michael. Married Ann Theresa Russell, March 26, 1982.
father: Chester Mckenzie Everett
mother: Ruth (Melius) Everett

In 1945 he worked with Jay Forrester on the Whirlwind project, one of the first real time electronic computers. In 1958 he was a founding member of the MITRE Corporation, and was its president from 1969 to 1986.

In 1983 he received the Medal for Distinguished Public Service from the Department of Defense and in 1989 he received the National Medal of Technology.

In 2009, he was named the winner of the 2008 Eugene G. Fubini Award for outstanding contributions to the Department of Defense (DoD). In 2009, he was also made a Fellow of the Computer History Museum "for his work on the MIT Whirlwind and SAGE computer systems and a lifetime of directing advanced research and development projects.

Married Helen Louis Burns, October 21, 1966 (divorced October 1972). Children: Robert, Bruce, Douglas, Theodore, Michael. Married Ann Theresa Russell, March 26, 1982.


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