Michael Dertouzos

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Michael Leonidas Dertouzos Μιχαήλ Λεωνίδας Δερτούζος
Born	November 5, 1936 Athens, Greece[1]
Died	August 27, 2001[1] Boston, USA[1]
Occupation	Academic

Michael Leonidas Dertouzos (Greek: Μιχαήλ Λεωνίδας Δερτούζος) (November 5, 1936 - August 27, 2001) was a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) from 1974 to 2001.

During Dertouzos's term, LCS innovated in a variety of areas, including RSA encryption, the spreadsheet, the NuBus, the X Window System, and the Internet. Dertouzos was instrumental in defining the World Wide Web Consortium and bringing it to MIT. He was a firm supporter of the GNU Project, Richard Stallman, and the FSF, and their continued presence at MIT.

In 1968, he founded Computek, Inc., a manufacturer of graphics and intelligent terminals.

Dertouzos was a graduate of Athens College and attended the University of Arkansas on a Fulbright Scholarship. He received his Ph.D. from M.I.T. in 1964 and joined the M.I.T. faculty. He was buried in Athens, at the First Cemetery^[1].

Contents 1 Quotes 2 External links 3 References 4 Bibliography

[edit] Quotes

We made a big mistake 300 years ago when we separated technology and humanism. ... It's time to put the two back together.

—Michael Dertouzos, Scientific American, July 1997

The potential of the modern information age seems overshadowed at every turn by the ancient forces that separate the rich from the poor.

—Michael Dertouzos, 1999

[edit] External links

• Oral history interview with Michael L. Dertouzos. Charles Babbage Institute University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
• Michael Dertouzos: In Memoriam, from the MIT LCS page.
• Biography on KurzweilAI.net

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} MIT colleagues attend Dertouzos funeral in Greece - MIT News Office

[edit] Bibliography

• Dertouzos, The Unfinished Revolution: Human-Centered Computers and What They Can Do For Us, 2001, ISBN 0-06-662067-8.
• Dertouzos, What Will Be: How the New World of Information Will Change Our Lives, 1997, ISBN 0-06-251479-2.
• K. Warwick "Scrubbing the future clean", Review of 'What will be' by Michael Dertouzos, New Scientist, p. 44, 9th August 1997.
• "Communications, Computers and Networks", in Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks, September, 1991
• (co-author), Made in America: Regaining the Productive Edge, 1989, ISBN 0-262-04100-6.