Robert McEliece
Mathematician
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Robert J. McEliece was the Allen E. Puckett Professor and a professor of electrical engineering at the California Institute of Technology best known for his work in error-correcting coding and information theory. Wikipedia
Born: May 21, 1942, Washington, D.C.
Died: May 8, 2019 (age 76 years), Pasadena, CA
Notable student: Chi-chao Chao
