Roberto Mario "Robert" Fano (11 November 1917 – 13 July 2016) was an
Italian-American computer scientist and professor of electrical
engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fano

Robert Fano, computing pioneer and founder of CSAIL, dies at 98
Professor emeritus helped launch field of information theory and
developed early time-sharing computers.
http://news.mit.edu/2016/robert-fano-obituary-0715