Joseph Henry Condon | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 15, 1935 Princeton, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | January 2, 2012 (aged 76) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University （Physics, 1958 Northwestern University （Ph.D. Physics, 1963 |
| Known for | magnetic domains digital telephone switching Belle (chess machine) Unix[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science, Engineering, Physics |
| Institutions | Bell Labs |
Joseph Henry 'Joe' Condon (born February 15, 1935 – January 2, 2012) was an American computer scientist, engineer and physicist, who spent most of his career at Bell Labs.[1] The son of Edward Condon (a distinguished American nuclear physicist, pioneer in quantum mechanics and a participant in the development of radar and nuclear weapons during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project) and Emilie Honzik Condon, he was named after the 19th-century American physicist Joseph Henry.[1] He is of Irish descent through his father.