Bernard M. Oliver
Bernard M. Oliver | |
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| Born | May 17, 1916 |
| Died | November 23, 1995(aged 79) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Known for | Pulse-code modulation |
| Awards | National Medal of Science(1986) National Inventors Hall of Fame |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | scientist,engineer |
| Institutions | Hewlett-Packard |
Bernard M. Oliver(May 17, 1916 – November 23, 1995),[1]also known asBarney Oliver,was ascientistwho made contributions in many fields, includingradar,television,andcomputers.[2]He was the founder and director ofHewlett-Packard(HP) laboratories until his retirement in 1981. He is also a recognized pioneer in thesearch for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).[3][4]Oliver was president of theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineersin 1965.[5]In 1986, Oliver was aNational Medal of Sciencerecipient forEngineering Scienceand on February 11, 2004 it was announced that Oliver had been inducted into theNational Inventors Hall of Fame.
Oliver was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1973, received the National Medal of Science in 1986, and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2004. The asteroid (2177) Oliver is named after him.[6]
Early years[edit]
Worked atBell Labs.
HP Labs[edit]
FoundedHP Labsand worked there four decades.
Scientific contributions[edit]
- Developedpulse-code modulation(PCM) withJohn R. PierceandClaude Shannon
- Headed theHP calculatorsdevelopment team
Chairs, foundations, and awards[edit]
- In 2004 he was inducted into The National Inventors Hall of Fame.[7]
- In 1997 the SETI Institute established a newly endowed position, the Bernard M. Oliver Chair.[8]
- Bernard Oliver Memorial Fund[9]
- National Medal of Science,List of National Medal of Science winners,Engineering 1986
- Oliver Observing Station,observatory of theMonterey Institute for Research in Astronomy
- IEEE Lamme Medal(1977)
See also[edit]
- 2177 Oliver(an asteroid named for Bernard M. Oliver)
- SETI
References[edit]
- ^Drake, Frank (September 1996). "Obituary: Bernard M. Oliver, 1916-1995".Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society.28(4): 1459–1461.Bibcode:1996BAAS...28.1459D.
- ^"English".
- ^"More About Bernard M. Oliver".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-10-07.Retrieved2008-10-16.
- ^"The EPF Bernard Oliver Memorial Fund".planetarysystems.org.Archived fromthe originalon 13 October 1999.Retrieved22 May2022.
- ^"Bernard Oliver".IEEE Global History Network.IEEE.Retrieved10 August2011.
- ^"Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile".2010-12-05. Archived fromthe originalon 2010-12-05.Retrieved2022-06-24.
- ^Hall of Fame induction info Bernard Oliver,The National Inventors Hall of Fame
- ^The Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI,Tom Pierson, The Columbus Optical SETI Observatory, 30. October 1997
- ^Bernard Oliver Memorial Fund
External links[edit]
- HP news release
- Oliver, Bernard M., 1916-. (1986). Oral history interview with Bernard More Oliver. Charles Babbage Institute. Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy, http://hdl.handle.net/11299/107590.
- SETI Institute biography
- Bernard Oliver Memorial Fund
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