| Foreword
Edward M. Kennedy | xiii |
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| Preface
Joshua A. Wiesner | xvii |
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| Introduction
Judy F. Rosenblith | xxi |
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| Memories | 1 |
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| Brothers
Walter A. Rosenblith | 3 |
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| Abiding Optimist
Louis D. Smullin | 19 |
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| Ace Communicator
Alan Lomax | 29 |
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| Scientist, Educator, Sailor
Robert I. Hulsizer, Jr. | 33 |
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| A View from the White House
Theodore C. Sorensen | 39 |
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| International Perspectives
Michael Sela | 43 |
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| A Man for All Seasons
Eugene B. Skolnikoff | 49 |
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| An Enlightenment Man
Philip Morrison | 55 |
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| Educator, Political Leader, Much Loved Friend
John Kenneth Galbraith | 65 |
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| Race, Education, and Community
Elma Lewis | 69 |
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| The Search for Soviet Cybernetics
Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr. | 81 |
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| A Passion for the Arts
Catherine N. Stratton | 89 |
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| Peace Became His Profession
Carl Kaysen | 99 |
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| Excellence in Action
Paul E. Gray | 107 |
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| A Lesson in Wisdom
Shirley Ann Jackson | 113 |
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| Three Glimpses
Robert M. Solow | 117 |
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| A Man of Courage and Integrity
William R. Johnson | 123 |
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| Giving Women a Break When Few Men Did
Carola Eisenberg | 137 |
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| Campaigner for Urban Justice
Melvin H. King | 145 |
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| The Origins of the Media Lab
Nicholas Negroponte | 149 |
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| Continuing Communication
Emma Rothschild | 157 |
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| Commitment to International Peace and Security
Ruth S. Adams | 165 |
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| A Voice of Reason
Anthony Lewis | 177 |
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| Coda
Howard W. Johnson | 183 |
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| Jerry in His Own Words | 189 |
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| Memoirs | 191 |
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| A Random Walk through the Twentieth Century | 197 |
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| Remembering the Rad Lab and RLE | 207 |
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| Los Alamos | 219 |
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| Technological Capabilities Panel | 233 |
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| Up the Ladder to the White House | 241 |
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| Kennedy | 267 |
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| ABM | 293 |
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| Gorbachev's Revolution | 327 |
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| Selected Speeches and Papers | 341 |
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| Convocation Speech
MIT, October 15, 1969 | 343 |
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| Science, Technology, and the Quality of Life
Inaugural address as MIT president, October 7, 1971 | 347 |
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| Commencement Address
Valedictory address as MIT president, June 2, 1980 | 361 |
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| Communication Theory and the Learning Process
CBS, Westchester, New York, October 23, 1980 | 367 |
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| Disenthralling Ourselves
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., April 28, 1984 | 379 |
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| Creating with Computing
Wiesner Building dedication, MIT, October 2, 1985 | 389 |
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| The Rise and Fall of the President's Science Advisory Committee
Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C., April 27, 1987 | 399 |
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| Survival, the Moral Equivalent of the Arms Race
National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., January 1988 | 413 |
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| A Department of Development
Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 17, 1988 | 429 |
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| In Memory of Andrei Sakharov
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 27, 1990 | 433 |
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| President Eisenhower's Changing Search for Peace
Moscow, Russia, November 1990 | 437 |
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| The World Needs a Better Security System
Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 1991 | 443 |
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| Lillian
Memorial Meeting for Lillian Hellman, ca. 1993 | 447 |
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| Award Speech
National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal, Washington, D.C., April 24, 1993 | 451 |
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| Selected Letters and Documents | 455 |
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| Letter to Theodore Sorenson, December 19, 1960 | 457 |
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| Letter to John F. Kennedy, February 20, 1961 | 461 |
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| Letter to John F. Kennedy, December 18, 1961 | 465 |
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| Report on Meeting with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, March 1967 | 469 |
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| Letter to Howard W. Johnson, April 3, 1967 | 473 |
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| Letter to Edward M. Kennedy, June 25, 1968 | 477 |
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| Letter to Henry A. Kissinger, April 23, 1970 | 481 |
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| Letter to Richard M. Nixon, January 3, 1973 | 485 |
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| Letter to Robert M. Fano, December 9, 1981 | 487 |
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| Letter to Charles Smith, March 14, 1984 | 491 |
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| Letter to Thomas R. Odhiambo, June 1, 1986 | 499 |
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| Letter to Alvin M. Weinberg, January 14, 1987 | 503 |
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| Letter to Georgiy Arbatov, March 18, 1987 | 505 |
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| Letter to the Nobel Committee, April 3, 1987 | 509 |
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| Diary Entry on Recovering from His Stroke, 1989 | 511 |
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| Letter to William J. Clinton, May 18, 1993 | 517 |
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| Appendixes | 519 |
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| Chronology | 521 |
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| A Note on Sources
Philip N. Alexander | 539 |
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| Selected Bibliography | 551 |
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| Registry of Names | 557 |
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| Acknowledgments | 593 |
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| Index | 595 |
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