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Leo Beranek | |
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 Leo Beranek, 2011 | |
| Born | Leo Leroy Beranek September 15, 1914 Solon, Iowa, US |
| Died | October 10, 2016 (aged 102) |
| Alma mater | Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa) Harvard University |
| Known for | Acoustics (1954, 1986) Acoustics: Sound Fields and Transducers (2012) Music, Acoustics, and Architecture (1962, 2004) |
| Awards | Wallace Clement Sabine Medal (1961) Audio Engineering Society Gold Medal Award (1971) ASA Gold Medal (1975) National Medal of Science in Engineering (2002) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Acoustics Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Bolt, Beranek and Newman Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| Doctoral advisor | Frederick Vinton Hunt |
| Doctoral students | Kenneth N. Stevens James L. Flanagan |
Leo Leroy Beranek (September 15, 1914 – October 10, 2016) was an American acoustics expert, former MIT professor, and a founder and former president of Bolt, Beranek and Newman (now BBN Technologies). He authored Acoustics, considered a classic textbook in this field, and its updated and extended version published in 2012 under the title Acoustics: Sound Fields and Transducers. He was also an expert in the design and evaluation of concert halls and opera houses, and authored the classic textbook Music, Acoustics, and Architecture, revised and extended in 2004 under the title Concert Halls and Opera Houses: Music, Acoustics, and Architecture.