What is Carver Mead?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Carver Mead | image = Carver Mead S66626 F27 300pixels.png | alt = | caption = Mead in 2002 | birth_name = Carver Andress Mead | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1934|05|01}} | birth_place = [[Bakersfield, California]], U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | nationality = American | known_for = | awards = [[National Medal of Technology]] <br> 2011 [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]] <br> [[Computer History Museum]] Fellow (2002) | doctoral_advisor = [[R. D. Middlebrook]]<br />Robert V. Langmuir | thesis_title = Transistor Switching Analysis | thesis_year = 1960 | thesis_url = https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/1859/ }} '''Carver Andress Mead''' (born May 1, 1934) is an American scientist and engineer. He currently holds the position of Gordon and Betty Moore Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the [[California Institute of Technology]] (Caltech). He taught there for over 40 years.<ref name=CHMuseum>{{cite web|title=Carver Mead 2002 Fellow|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Carver,Mead/|website=Computer History Museum|access-date=4 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308025739/http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Carver,Mead/|archive-date=8 March 2013}}</ref> He is known for his works with [[Lynn Conway]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mead, Carver}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Engineers from California]] [[Category:American computer scientists]] [[Category:California Institute of Technology faculty]] [[Category:People from Bakersfield, California]] {{US-bio-stub}}