The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Claude E. Shannon
Title:
Donner Professor of Science
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge,Massachusetts USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
2001
Award Discipline:
Engineering
Award Year:
1966
Citation:
"For brilliant contributions to the mathematical theories of communications and information processing and for his early and continuing impact on the development of these disciplines."
Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 6, 1967.