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KENNETH H. OLSEN
KENNETH H. OLSEN
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He joined the MIT Lincoln Laboratory where he worked on the development of computers for the SAGE Air Defense System. He contributed to the development of Jay Forrester's Magnetic Core Memory and built his first computer, the MTC, designed for testing the first core memories as well as many other SAGE components.
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Ken received many honors, including the National Medal of Technology, and was named to the Inventors Hall of Fame. He served as chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Board of the National Research Council and as a member of the President's Science Advisory Committee, the MIT Corporation, and the board of trustees of Gordon College.
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