B. J. Feigenbaum

Bertram Joseph Feigenbaum (April 19, 1900 - January 21, 1984) was an American lawyer, who served in the California legislature. During World War I he served in the United States Army.[1]

B. J. Feigenbaum
Born
Bertram Joseph Feigenbaum

April 19, 1900
San Francisco, California, US
DiedJanuary 21, 1984
OccupationLegislator and lawyer
Children3, including Doris F. Fisher
RelativesDonald Fisher (son-in-law)

Early and personal life

Feigenbaum was born on April 19, 1900, in San Francisco, California. He enlisted in the Army at the age of 18, to fight in World War I, and graduated from Harvard Law School at the age of 22. Feigenbaum married Dorothy, and they had three children: Ann, Doris, and Joseph.[2]

Public service

Feigenbaum was elected to the California State Assembly in the November 1926 general election, representing the 31st District. He was re-elected in 1928 and 1930, with all three elections being uncontested. He was elected to represent the 27th District in the 1932 election, and did not stand for election again.[2]

In 1974, Feigenbaum became a founding trustee of the Cancer Prevention Institute of California. His daughter, Doris F. Fisher, later became a trustee of the same charity.[3]

gollark: You can describe them as a 4-bit string IIRC.
gollark: There are something like... 16 stateless deterministic two-input binary logic gates, and maybe 81 or so ternary equivalents.
gollark: Many more logic gates, some of which are useful.
gollark: There are probably weird ternary logic gates too.
gollark: They have a bit of a monopolies problem I heard, though probably faster connections in some places.

References
  1. Vassar, Alexander C. (2011). Legislators of California (PDF). Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. "B. J. Feigenbaum". JoinCalifornia. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  3. Cancer Prevention Institute of California Board of Trustees Archived 2013-06-28 at Archive.today. Accessed 26 June 2013


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