'''Claude Shannon''' (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American electrical [[engineer]] and the father of modern [[communications theory (engineering)|communications theory]].<ref>{{hnb|MIT News Office|2001}}</ref> | '''Claude Shannon''' (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American electrical [[engineer]] and the father of modern [[communications theory (engineering)|communications theory]].<ref>{{hnb|MIT News Office|2001}}</ref> |