Betty Shannon

Betty Shannon (née Mary Elizabeth Moore) (April 14, 1922 – May 1, 2017) was a mathematician and wife of Claude Shannon.[1] Betty assisted Claude in building some of his most famous inventions.[2] They met at Bell Labs and were married in 1949.[3]

Personal life

She was born on April 14, 1922[4] in New York City to Vilma Ujlaky Moore and James E. Moore. Betty died on May 1, 2017 at her home at Brookhaven in Lexington, Massachusetts. She was a member of the Weavers' Guild of Boston, served as Dean of the Guild from 1976 to 1978 and received the Guild's Distinguished Achievement Award.[5]

Shannon had three children, Robert James Shannon, Andrew Moore Shannon, and Margarita Shannon, and raised her family in Winchester, Massachusetts. Her oldest son, Robert Shannon, died in 1998 at the age of 45.

References

  1. ↑ Waldrop, M. Mitchell. "Claude Shannon: Reluctant Father of the Digital Age". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  2. ↑ "Betty Shannon, Unsung Mathematical Genius". Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  3. ↑ "MIT Professor Claude Shannon dies; was founder of digital communications". MIT News. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  4. ↑ Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman, A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age, Simon and Schuster, 2017, ISBN 978-1476766683
  5. ↑ "MARY ELIZABETH MOORE "BETTY" SHANNON". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2017-07-26.



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