In the mid 1990s at MIT, I spent quite a bit of time with Michael Dertouzos because we were both doing some consulting for Siemens Corporation’s IT division. Michael was heading up the Laboratory of Computer Science at MIT, which combined with the AI Lab is now MIT CSAIL. Michael was great at many things that made LCS a big success, including fund raising and attracting and supporting top talent. He was also a very quirky thinker. If you want to know just how quirky, ask me some day about his...

In the mid 1990s at MIT, I spent quite a bit of time with Michael Dertouzos because we were both doing some consulting for Siemens Corporation’s IT division. Michael was heading up the Laboratory of Computer Science at MIT, which combined with the AI Lab is now MIT CSAIL. Michael was great at many things that made LCS a big success, including fund raising and attracting and supporting top talent. He was also a very quirky thinker. If you want to know just how quirky, ask me some day about his...