See: http://www.wcvb.com/news/leo-beranek-founder-of-wcvb-dies-at-102/42082378 Leo was not himself a computer person. He was instrumental, however, in creating the environment at Bolt Beranek and Newman in which much computing innovation happened. In particular, he had the foresight to bring Licklider to BBN [from MIT, Whirlwind, etc.] because he understood that his own field of acoustics did not have the growth potential of computers and computing (this moved Lick fully into computers from psycho acoustics and was a step along the way the the vision he began to implement at ARPA IPTO). Leo was interviewed twice for the IEEE History Center oral history collection: http://ethw.org/Oral-History:Leo_Beranek_(1996) (oral history taken by Janet Abbate) http://ethw.org/Oral-History:Leo_Beranek_(2005) (oral history taken by Mike Geselowitz) He also authored the lead article in the two BBN special issues of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing (Vol. 27, No. 2, April–June 2005) As Leo's primary technical contributions were in the field of acoustics, an issue of _Acoustics Today_ was dedicated to articles related to his work on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Leo was a great scientist, entrepreneur and contributor to the public good: http://www.walden-family.com/bbn/leo-the-visionary.pdf -- 12 Linden Road, East Sandwich, 02537 landline=508-888-7655; cell=774-205-3203 website=walden-family.com