Mina Rees (1902-1997) interview: September 14, 1972
Henry S. Tropp · 1999
John Curtiss and Rees agreed that mathematicians needed a place to become familiar with computers and they pushed for the formation of the Institute for Numerical Analysis at the University of California at Los Angeles. Rees developed an appreciation for the broad uses of science during World War II. She describes the founding and funding of the Courant Institute at New York University and of the Institute for Numerical Analysis (INA). Projects funded by the Office of Naval Research included the INA, the expensive Whirlwind Project, which led to the introduction of magnetic core memory, and the SEAC. Discoveries made on ONR grants were passed on to Navy officers. John Curtiss is mentioned frequently.