Josef Kates | |
|---|---|
| 4th Chancellor of the University of Waterloo | |
| In office 1979–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Carl Pollock |
| Succeeded by | Sylvia Ostry |
| President/Vice Chancellor | Burt Matthews (1979-1981) Douglas T. Wright (1981-1985) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 5, 1921 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | June 16, 2018 (aged 97) Toronto, Ontario |
| Alma mater | Goethe-Realschule McGill University University of Toronto |
Josef Kates, born Josef Katz, (May 5, 1921 – June 16, 2018) was a Canadian engineer whose achievements include designing the first digital game-playing machine, and the world's first automated traffic signalling system.[1]