on June 28, 1974. He was survived by his sons Richard (a surgeon) and John (president of Millipore Corporation) and by six grandchildren and his sister Edith. Bush's wife had died in 1969. He was buried at South Dennis Cemetery in South Dennis, Massachusetts, after a private funeral service. At a public memorial subsequently held by MIT, Jerome Wiesner declared "No American has had greater influence in the growth of science and technology than Vannevar Bush". Awards and honors Bush received the AIEE's Edison Medal in 1943, "for his contribution to the advancement of electrical engineering, particularly through the development of new applications of mathematics to engineering problems, and for his eminent service to the nation in guiding the war research program." In 1945, Bush was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. In 1949, he received the IRI Medal from the Industrial Research Institute in recognition of his contributions as a leader of research and development. President Truman awarded Bush the Medal of Merit with bronze oak leaf cluster in 1948. President Lyndon Johnson awarded him the National Medal of Science in 1963. President Richard Nixon presented him, as well as James B. Conant and General Leslie R. Groves with the unique Atomic Pioneers Award from the Atomic Energy Commission in February 1970. Bush was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1948, and an Officer of the French Legion of Honor in 1955. In 1980, the National Science Foundation created the Vannevar Bush Award to honor his contributions to public service. The Vannevar Bush papers are located in several places, with the majority of the collection held at the Library of Congress. Additional papers are held by the MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections, the Carnegie Institution, and the National Archives and Records Administration. See also List of pioneers in computer science Bibliography (complete list of published papers: ). Notes References External links Vannevar Bush Papers, MC-0078. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Distinctive Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts. |- |- |- 1890 births 1974 deaths 20th-century American engineers 20th-century American inventors American electrical engineers American futurologists American people of English descent Burials in Massachusetts Fellows of the American Physical Society Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire IEEE Edison Medal recipients IEEE Lamme Medal recipients Internet pioneers Manhattan Project people Medal for Merit recipients MIT School of