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Ci.AUDK E. Shannon, R.S. in Electrical Eiif^inccrin^, Iniversity of Michi- 

 gan, 1936;S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Mathematics, M.ET., 

 194(). National Research Eellow, 194(). Bell Telephone Laboratories, 

 1941-. Dr. Shannon has been engaged in mathematical research princi- 

 pally in the use of Boolean Algebra in switching, the theory of communi- 

 cation, and cryptography. 



