Robert R. Everett is a computer scientist. He is an honorary board member of the Mitre Corporation.

In 1945 he worked with Jay Forrester on the Whirlwind

Whirlwind (computer)

The Whirlwind computer was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is the first computer that operated in real time, used video displays for output, and the first that was not simply an electronic replacement of older mechanical systems...

 project, one of the first real time electronic computers. In 1958 he was a founding member of the MITRE Corporation, and was its president from 1969 to 1986.

In 1983 he received the Medal for Distinguished Public Service from the Department of Defense

United States Department of Defense

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 and in 1989 he received the National Medal of Technology

National Medal of Technology

The National Medal of Technology and Innovation is an honor granted by the President of the United States to American inventors and innovators who have made significant contributions to the development of new and important technology...

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In 2009, he was named the winner of the 2008 Eugene G. Fubini

Eugene Fubini

Dr. Eugene G. Fubini was a defense policy maker of the Cold War.He immigrated from Italy to the United States in 1939, and in 1942 joined the war effort, working with America despite his native nationality...

Award for outstanding contributions to the Department of Defense (DoD).