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Charles A. Zraket
Pages 276-282

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From page 277...
... Charlie was one of a small number of engineers working on the new digital computers in the early 1950s. In 1951, while still a student at MIT, Charlie joined the pioneering MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, beginning a career that spanned the revolutionary developments in digital computing hardware and software.
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... He became president and chief executive officer of MITRE in 1986 and retired from MITRE in 1990. Following his retirement, Charlie continued as a trustee of MITRE and became a scholar-in-residence at the Center for Science and International Affairs of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, served on the boards of several not-for-profit and for-prof~t organizations, and was an active volunteer with the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council.
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... Charlie Zraket was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1991. His citation reads, "For significant engineering contributions related to information systems and national defense." Charlie was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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... He enjoyed people and had many friends, ranging from Herman Kahn, the futurist, to Bob Berks, the scuIptor. Kahn chose him for the board of his Hudson Institute while Berks presented him with a bronze likeness.
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