# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/winston-e-kock
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:03:30.481Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/winston-e-kock"
name: "Winston E. Kock"
slug: "winston-e-kock"
description: "Winston Edward Kock was an American electrical engineer and musician, who was the first Director of NASA Electronics Research Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from September 1, 1964, to October 1, 1966. The center was created for multidisciplinary scientific research, its proximity to certain colleges, its proximity to a local U.S. Air Force research facility, and was perceived as part of the nation's cold War effort."
tagline: "American electrical engineer (1909–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kelley%2C_Stone_and_Kock_view_the_ERCs_First_Phase_of_Construction_-_GPN-2002-000219.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1909"
deathDate: "1982"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.92
  momentum:             4.999999999999998
  historical:           4.60198
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%8A._%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "وينستون إي. كوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%89._%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "وينستون اى. كوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Edward_Kock"
    title: "Winston Edward Kock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_E._Kock"
    title: "Winston E. Kock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_E._Kock"
    title: "Winston E. Kock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2584874"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump