Jay
Wright
Forrester
Born in Anselmo, Custer, Nebraska, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Marmaduke Montrose Forrester
and Ethel Pearl Wright
Brother of
Barbara Frances Forrester
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 98
in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Feb 2021
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Biography
Jay Forrester was a pioneer in Computer Engineering. He received his Bachelors degree at University of Nebraska-Lincoln and his Masters from MIT. He was the lead designer of the Whirlwind computer. Later he moved to the Sloan School of Management where he spent the rest of his career. [1]
Notable awards
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia:Jay_Wright_Forrester
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Medal_of_Honor
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Pioneer_Award
- https://news.mit.edu/2016/professor-emeritus-jay-forrester-digital-computing-system-dynamics-pioneer-dies-1119
- "Descendants of Oliver C Forrester" -- Library of Congress Catalog Card # 89-84883
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131072908/jay-wright-forrester : accessed October 2021), memorial page for Jay Wright Forrester (14 Jul 1918–16 Nov 2016), Find A Grave: Memorial #131072908, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Southern Pines, Moore County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by PLM (contributor 46908500) .
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