Jay Wright Forrester

Born 1918-07-14 Anselmo, NE (USA)

Died 2016-11-16
Concord, MA (USA)

Buried

Family plot in North Carolina

Son of Nebraska State Senator Marmaduke Montoss Forrester, Dr. Jay Forrester worked at the MIT Digital Computer Laboratory where he directed the design and development of the Whirlwind I, one of the first high-speed digital computers.

Places Lived

Anselmo, NE
Lincoln, NE
Cambridge, MA
Concord, MA

Author Of

Nonfiction

Keywords

Management; Engineering; Solving Analytical Problems; Business; Global Modeling

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, 1938, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Occupation

Engineer
Professor of Industrial Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Associate Director, MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, Cambridge, MA

Places Worked

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, Cambridge, MA

Honors

Won the McKinsey Foundation Book Award with Industrial Dynamics
Honorary Doctorate, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Named one of the two most outstanding young engineers in America under the age of 35
Who's Who in America

Bibliography

Industrial Dynamics. 1963.
Urban Dynamics. 1968.
World Dynamics. 1971.

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