Rochester, Nathaniel, 1752-1831

Biographical Note

• 1919, Jan. 14: Born, Buffalo, N.Y.
• 1941: B.A. in electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1941 - 1943 : Member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1943: Married Ruth Bartlett (divorced 1973)
• 1943 - 1948 : Department manager, Sylvania Electric Products, Boston, Mass.
• 1948 - 1955 : Manager of computer engineering, International Business Machines Corp., Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
• 1954 - 1955 : Member of Project Lamplight, a study of continental air defense for the armed services run by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1955 - 1958 : Department manager in the research division, International Business Machines Corp., Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
• 1958 - 1959 : Visiting professor of communications science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass. Member of Project Atlantis, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology project for the United States Navy
• 1959 - 1965 : Director of experimental machine research in the research division, International Business Machines Corp., White Plains, N.Y.
• 1961: Member of Project Beacon which planned the nation’s air traffic control system for the Federal Aviation Authority
• 1967 - 1983 : Fellow, International Business Machines Corp., Cambridge Scientific Center, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1974: Married Louise Kelley
• 1983 - 1985 : Fellow, International Business Machines Corp., entry systems division, Boca Raton, Fla.
• 1985 - 1986 : Fellow, International Business Machines Corp., Cambridge Scientific Center, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1986 - circa 1992 : Supplemental fellow, International Business Machines Corp., Cambridge Scientific Center, Cambridge, Mass.
• 2001, June 8: Died, Newport, Vt.

From the guide to the Nathaniel Rochester Papers, 1935-1999, (bulk 1943-1977), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)