Jerome I. Elkind

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. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. 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. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. 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