What is Vannevar Bush?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Vannevar Bush |image=Vannevar Bush portrait.jpg |image_size =300px |alt = A man in a suit poses sitting at a desk, pen in hand. Papers and an ash tray are on the desk. |caption =Vannevar Bush, ca. 1940–44 |birth_date ={{birth date|1890|03|11}} |birth_place =[[Everett, Massachusetts|Everett]], [[Massachusetts]], United States |death_date ={{death date and age|1974|06|28|1890|03|11}} |death_place =[[Belmont, Massachusetts|Belmont]], Massachusetts, United States |residence = |citizenship = |nationality =American |alma_mater =[[Tufts College]] ([[B.S.]], [[M.S.]], 1913)<br />[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[D.Eng.]], 1916) | thesis_title = Oscillating-current circuits; an extension of the theory of generalized angular velocities, with applications to the coupled circuit and the artificial transmission line | thesis_url = https://archive.org/details/oscillatingcurre00bushrich | thesis_year = 1916 |doctoral_advisor =[[Dugald C. Jackson]]<br />[[Arthur Edwin Kennelly]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Computer Science Tree |title=Vannevar Bush |url=http://academictree.org/computerscience/peopleinfo.php?pid=115515 |accessdate=8 November 2015}}</ref> |notable_students =[[Claude Shannon]]<br />[[Frederick Terman]] |known_for =[[National Science Foundation]]<br />[[Manhattan Project]]<br />[[Raytheon]]<br />[[Differential analyzer]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influenced =[[Douglas Engelbart]]<br />[[Ted Nelson]] |signature = Vannevar Bush signature.gif |footnotes = |field =[[Electrical engineering]] |work_institutions =[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]<br />[[Carnegie Institution of Washington]] |prizes =[[Edison Medal]] (1943)<br />[[Hoover Medal]] (1946)<br />[[Medal for Merit]] (1948)<br />[[IRI Medal]] (1949)<br />[[John Fritz Medal]] (1951)<br />[[John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science|John J. Ca