Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush (/væˈniːvɑːr/ van-NEE-var; March 11, 1890 – June 28, 1974) was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator. He is known in engineering for his work on analog computers, for founding Raytheon, and for the memex.

Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush, ca. 1940–44
Born	(1890-03-11)March 11, 1890 Everett, Massachusetts, United States
Died	June 28, 1974(1974-06-28) (aged 84) Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Tufts College (B.S., M.S., 1913) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (D.Eng., 1916)
Known for	National Science Foundation Manhattan Project Raytheon Differential analyzer
Awards	Edison Medal (1943) Hoover Medal (1946) Medal for Merit (1948) IRI Medal (1949) John Fritz Medal (1951) John J. Carty Award (1953) National Medal of Science (1963) Atomic Pioneer Award (1970) (more, see below)
Scientific career
Fields	Electrical engineering
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Institution of Washington
Thesis	Oscillating-current circuits; an extension of the theory of generalized angular velocities, with applications to the coupled circuit and the artificial transmission line (1916)
Doctoral advisor	Dugald C. Jackson Arthur Edwin Kennelly
Notable students	Claude Shannon Frederick Terman
Influenced	Douglas Engelbart Ted Nelson
Signature

Bush died of pneumonia in Belmont, Massachusetts, aged 84.

Other websites

• Vannevar Bush papers, 1901–1974
• Vannevar Bush papers, 1910–1988 Archived 2015-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
• MIT Museum
• 1995 MIT/Brown Vannevar Bush Symposium – Complete Video Archive
• The Vannevar Bush Index at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
• Video demonstrating the ideas behind the Memex system on YouTube
• Pictures of Vannevar Bush from the Tufts Digital Library Archived 2023-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
• National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir