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'''Gustave Solomon''' a.k.a. '''Gus Solomon''' (born October 27, 1930, died January 31 1996) was a world renowned coding theorist.<ref name="IEEE ITSN">{{hnb|McEliece|1996}}</ref><ref name="Pace 1996">{{hnb|Pace|1996}}</ref>  He is notable for developing the [[Reed-Solomon error correction code]] with [[Irving Reed]] in 1960.<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/>  Reed-Solomon codes are ubiquitous--finding applications and protecting data in a wide variety of applications including the Voyager and Galileo spacecrafts, [[CD-ROM|compact disks]], digital audio tapes, and [[High definition television|HDTVs]].<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/>

'''Gustave Solomon''' a.k.a. '''Gus Solomon''' (born October 27, 1930, died January 31 1996) was a world renowned coding theorist.<ref name="IEEE ITSN">{{hnb|McEliece|1996}}</ref><ref name="Pace 1996">{{hnb|Pace|1996}}</ref>  He is notable for developing the [[Reed-Solomon error correction code]] with [[Irving Reed]] in 1960.<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/>  Reed-Solomon codes are ubiquitous--finding applications and protecting data in a wide variety of applications including the Voyager and Galileo spacecrafts, [[CD-ROM|compact disks]], digital audio tapes, and [[High definition television|HDTVs]].<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/>

== Biography ==

== Biography ==

Solomon died in Beverly Hills, California on January 31, 1996.<ref name="Pace 1996"/>  He was survived by a daughter, Grace Solomon Cheifetz and two brothers, Alex and Julius Solomon.   

Solomon died in Beverly Hills, California on January 31, 1996.<ref name="Pace 1996"/>  He was survived by a daughter, Grace Solomon Cheifetz and two brothers, Alex Solomon and Julius Solomon.   

=== Music as a second career ===

=== Music as a second career ===

Gus Solomon came from a family of singers, and was an accopmplished singer himself.  He sang small operatic parts in [[Boston]] and [[Los Angeles]] as well as chorus tenor in many of the classical oratorios and requiems.<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/>  Gus also studied piano and composed songs while in his teens, and left behind a collection of over 40 folk and popular songs.   

Gus Solomon came from a family of singers, and was an accopmplished singer himself.  He sang small operatic parts in [[Boston]] and [[Los Angeles]] as well as chorus tenor in many of the classical oratorios and requiems.<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/>  Gus also studied piano and composed songs while in his teens, and left behind a collection of over 40 folk and popular songs.