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William Herbert Huggins
William Herbert Huggins
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In 1944, he joined the Radio Research Laboratory at Harvard University, and from 1946 to 1954 he was affiliated with the Air Force Cambridge Research Center. From 1949 to 1954 he was also a research associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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He and a colleague, James Coleman, who later became one of the most productive sociologists of the twentieth century, collaborated with many students and postdocs to introduce computing to JHU and to the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Huggins was ahead of his time in introducing computer technology into the engineering curriculum and recognizing its potential for helping students learn design.
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He was generally thought to have perfect pitch. Perhaps his research on the human auditory system was a natural consequence of his passion for music.
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