work for the government made him an extremely controversial figure, both within social sciences and on the MIT Campus in the late 1960s; many students reviled him. In 1969, protesters called Pool a "war criminal." Simulmatics went bust shortly thereafter. Beginning in 1975, Pool protested the growing power of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). His first involvement in IRB issues was when an MIT IRB told one of Pool's colleagues he could not interview Boston antibusing activists, reasoning that his colleague's research could be used against the criminals. Pool believed that much social science work was roughly equivalent to journalism and deserved equal protections against prior restraint. Personal life While at the University of Chicago, he met Judith Graham, who became an important researcher in hemophilia. They married in 1938, when she was a sophomore. Their first son, Jonathan, was born in 1942, and son Jeremy followed in 1945. The de Sola Pools divorced in 1953. In 1956 Ithiel married Jean Natalie MacKenzie (1919-2001). From that marriage they had one child Adam MacKenzie de Sola Pool. Legacy Pool died in 1984 from cancer. At that point in his career, he was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, advising several countries around the world. Pool felt that the world was underestimating the importance of communications and technical change. His greatest legacy was his book Technologies of Freedom (1983). The American Political Science Association has established an Ithiel de Sola Pool prize that is awarded every three years. The Salzburg Global Seminar has established a prize lecture in the name of Ithiel de Sola Pool. Contributions to social sciences Quantitative Analysis - Three Major Advances The study of Nazi WWII propaganda and symbols of freedom in speeches of Political leaders. Analysis of Political elites = those in power. First computer simulation in decision making during crises. Selected publications The Social Impact of the Telephone Technologies of Freedom Technology without Boundaries Politics in a Wired Nation The Small World Forecasting the Telephone: A Retrospective Technology Assessment of the Telephone References External links Guide to the Ithiel de Sola Pool Papers 1935-1948 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center 1917 births 1984 deaths American Sephardic Jews University of Chicago alumni American social scientists Communication theorists American people of Palestinian-Jewish descent Stanford University faculty Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty