On the eve of this biggest of big games between U of M and OSU and as an electrical engineer, I wanted to pay tribute to Claude Elwood Shannon...the greatest Wolverine of all time and a Michigan graduate of 1936. While Shannon did not make a name for himself on the football field, he did so with his intellect and by ushering in the digital age in which we now live. His work has special importance for all of us whose job it is to get bits and bytes from one place in the universe to another and for those of us who teach students the foundations of communications theory. He has certainly made his alma mater and the great state of Michigan proud! Hail to the greatest Wolverine and...It is also with sadness that I acknowledge on this day the passing of another great Wolverine.
Bo Schembechler died today at age 77. All of us who love Michigan football mourn his death.
GO BLUE!
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