Claude Shannon By mackenziegibbs Apr 30, 1916 Claude Shannon was born Claude Shannon was born in Petoskey, MI Jan 1, 1932 Shannon leaves Gaylord for his second job Jan 1, 1937 Shannon founded the first digital computer and digital circuit design Jan 1, 1940 Shannon graduated from MTI with a masters degree and a doctorate in mathematics May 15, 1941 He began a serious a serious study of communication problems Mar 8, 1942 Shannon joined the staff of Bell Telephone Laboratory Jan 8, 1948 Shannon founded his first works on the Information Theory Apr 8, 1949 Shannon published "playing chess" on the computer Oct 8, 1949 Claude and his wife, Mary Morre, get married Jan 1, 1950 Shannon helped build the THROBAC Jan 8, 1950 Claude made the first electronic mouse Jan 1, 1957 Shannon became Donner Proffessor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jan 1, 1958 Shannon wins the Audio Engineering Society Gold Medal Feb 1, 1965 He met the world chess champion and played him he lost after 42 moves Feb 21, 2001 Claude Shannon dies from Alzheimer
