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to the Bronx, New York City. Here, Rees received her primary education in the city's public schools. In 1955, Rees married physician
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Rees was the daughter of Moses and Alice Louise (nÊe
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of the US. Rees was a pioneer in the history of computing and helped establish funding streams and institutional infrastructure for research. She also helped other women succeed in mathematics with her involvement in the
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Rees was able to attend a mathematical congress in Oslo. Due to his interests in science as well, Rees often stated that they made good partners. Mina Rees died in 1997 at the Mary
Manning Walsh home in Manhattan.
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at MIT. She was an early proponent of magnetic-core and electrostatic memory, the use of transistor components rather than vacuum tubes, and the design of machines with visual displays and multiple inputs.
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in the United States owes an immeasurable debt to the pioneer work of the Office of Naval
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