Jerome Elkind is an

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and computer scientist. In 1988 he was co-founder of the Lexia Institute.

Biography

Elkind was educated at the

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, earning his undergraduate degree in 1951 and

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in 1957. He went on to join

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and participated for them in the 1960

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. He then was appointed head of the Computer Science Laboratory at

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(1971-8). Here he held budgetary responsibility for new projects. He also worked with Bob Taylor on the

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. He went on to become Vice President of Systems Integration at

Personal life

In 1959, he married engineer Linda Starr Valenstein, daughter of advertising executive Lawrence Valenstein in a

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ceremony in Scarsdale.Herald Statesman: "Dr. Elkind, Engineer Weds Scarsdale Girl"
January 19, 1959

References

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