von neumann architecture for modern computing and, of course, so much more. today is not necessarily about john von neumann, of course, but it is about "a martian's daughter," marina von neumann whitman whose business talent has been applied to other economic and social frontiers for almost 40 years. in her new autoboig friday, marina recounts what it was like to grow up in her unique family and continue to break town as a talented and credentialed woman making it in some of the most male-.comuated of some of the most storied institutions in america. marina was leaning in long before the phrase leaning in hit the popular vernacular. she is professor of business administration and public policy at the university of michigan, a former vice president and chief economist of general motors. she was the first woman appointed to the president's council of economic advisers in 1972-'73. she took that post from her academic position at pitt. she is now retired but had long years of distinguished service on the boards of jpmorgan chase, alcoa. she serves at the institute which is, of course, chaired by charles si moanny and holds more than 20 honorary degrees. it's my pleas

von neumann architecture for modern computing and, of course, so much more. today is not necessarily about john von neumann, of course, but it is about a martian's daughter, marina von neumann whitman whose own great intellect and considerable business talent have been applied to

and he introduced me to a fellow graduate student in the math department and he said this is marina von neumann and he said not the von neumann and i said yes and bob was getting his ph.d. and he thought who is the von neumann? it is in the harvard environment it solidified. later, this is a story i tell in my book, and endowed with the the the most mathematician is literate i could no more pass the general exams now than i could fly and there is a reason. my father although he never knew what was responsible for this of a great irony. because when i went to harvard, a first term by took calculus and that was fine. not my most exciting but not my hardest either. i fully intended to go on to the next calculus class but harvard had a month between terms and i was walking down the hallway somewhere and i ran into the chairman of the mathematics department who was a well-known mathematician in his own right and published a paper with my father. i am sure he thought he was making small talk and he said marina i am so glad you have upheld the family honor by getting the grade of a in calculus and i t