▁Education ▁Z ames ▁entered ▁McG ill ▁University ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 5 ▁and ▁received ▁a ▁B . Eng . ▁degree ▁in ▁Engineering ▁Physics . ▁Gr adu ating ▁at ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁his ▁class , ▁Z ames ▁won ▁an ▁Ath l one ▁Fellow ship ▁to ▁study ▁in ▁England , ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁Imperial ▁College . ▁Gr adu ating ▁in ▁two ▁years , ▁his ▁advis ors ▁included ▁Col in ▁Cher ry , ▁Dennis ▁G abor , ▁and ▁John ▁Hugh ▁West c ott . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁Z ames ▁entered ▁the ▁Massachusetts ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ▁to ▁start ▁his ▁doctor al ▁studies , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁earned ▁a ▁Sc . D . ▁for ▁a ▁th esis ▁titled ▁Non linear ▁Oper ations ▁of ▁System ▁Analysis . ▁He ▁was ▁ad vised ▁by ▁Nor bert ▁Wiener ▁and ▁Y uk - W ing ▁Lee . ▁ ▁Career ▁From ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁Z ames ▁held ▁various ▁teaching ▁positions ▁at ▁M IT ▁and ▁Harvard ▁University . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁Z ames ▁received ▁a ▁G ug gen heim ▁Fellow ship ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁NASA ▁Electron ic ▁Research ▁Center ▁( ER C ), ▁where ▁he ▁founded ▁the ▁Office ▁of ▁Control ▁Theory ▁and ▁App lications ▁( O CT A ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁NASA ▁ER C ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁closed , ▁and ▁Z ames ▁joined ▁the ▁newly ▁established ▁Department ▁of ▁Transport ation ▁Research