Whitman Albin Richards (1932–16 September 2016) was professor of cognitive sciences and of media arts and sciences and principal investigator in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until his retirement in 2013. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduating in 1953, and becoming one of the first four PhD graduates of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences in 1965. References 1932 births 2016 deaths Phillips Exeter Academy alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty