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Kenneth N. Stevens

American phonetician (1924-2013) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 89

Kenneth Noble Stevens was the Clarence J. LeBel Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and professor of health sciences and technology at the research laboratory of electronics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Awards

National Medal of Science1999
ASA Silver Medal1983
Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
IEEE Fellow
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Guggenheim Fellowship

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Stevens was head of the speech communication group in MIT's research laboratory of electronics (RLE), and was one of the world's leading scientists in acoustic phonetics.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2013 · aged 89