Robert Solow(1924-2023)
He won the 1987 Nobel Prize in economics for his research on the impact of technology on economic growth. He spent most of his career teaching at MIT, served on government panels, and was a senior staff economist on President Kennedy's Council of Economic Advisers.
He graduated from high school when he was 15. He had planned to attend Brooklyn College, where tuition was free to New York City residents, but entered Harvard University on a full scholarship. When he was a sophomore he enlisted in the Army in 1942. Since he spoke German and knew Morse code, the Army assigned him to a signals intelligence unit that fought its way up the Italian peninsula. The unit's mission was to intercept, decode and translate communications between German units.
He graduated from high school when he was 15. He had planned to attend Brooklyn College, where tuition was free to New York City residents, but entered Harvard University on a full scholarship. When he was a sophomore he enlisted in the Army in 1942. Since he spoke German and knew Morse code, the Army assigned him to a signals intelligence unit that fought its way up the Italian peninsula. The unit's mission was to intercept, decode and translate communications between German units.