or ▁Home ▁for ▁the ▁A ged ▁( disambiguation ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Dr . ▁A aron ▁D . ▁W yn er ▁( M arch ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁– ▁September ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 9 7 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁information ▁the or ist ▁noted ▁for ▁his ▁contributions ▁in ▁coding ▁theory , ▁particularly ▁the ▁Gaussian ▁channel . ▁He ▁lived ▁in ▁South ▁Orange , ▁New ▁Jersey . ▁ ▁W yn er ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁Bron x , ▁New ▁York . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁he ▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁Bron x ▁High ▁School ▁of ▁Science , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁completed ▁a ▁five - year ▁joint ▁engineering ▁program ▁with ▁Queens ▁College ▁of ▁the ▁City ▁University ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁Columbia ▁University . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁he ▁received ▁his ▁Ph . D . ▁in ▁elect rical ▁engineering ▁from ▁Columbia ▁University ▁for ▁a ▁th esis ▁that ▁worked ▁out ▁the ▁algebra ▁for ▁convolution al ▁codes . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁summer ▁job ▁at ▁the ▁IBM ▁Thomas ▁J . ▁Watson ▁Research ▁Center , ▁W yn er ▁joined ▁Bell ▁Labor ator ies ▁at ▁Murray ▁Hill , ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁as ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁technical ▁staff . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁he ▁became ▁head ▁of ▁its ▁Communic ations ▁Analysis ▁Research ▁Department ▁and ▁led ▁it ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁when ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁research er ▁in ▁the ▁information ▁theory ▁department . ▁ ▁His ▁research ▁included ▁coding ▁theory , ▁optical ▁communic