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Paul Benioff was born May 1, 1930 in Pasadena, California, to Alice Silverman Benioff and Hugo Benioff. He was the oldest of three, with two younger sisters. He went to UC Berkeley and earned a degree in Botany in 1951 and then his PhD in Nuclear chemistry in 1959. His research in quantum computing led to his creation of a model of quantum computing, the first that showed that reversible quantum computing was possible. He worked at Argonne in Chicago in many fields including mathematics, physics and chemistry. He wrote many papers and received many awards for his work. He married Hannah Leschziner in 1959 and had 3 children. He loved gardening, hiking and music. He died March 29, 2022.
Mrs. Hugo Benioff
Route 1, Box 55
La Cañada, Calif.
April 19, 1939
Dearest Father,
I just learned this morning that Paul telephoned to you last night. We were having company and eating dinner and he was up stairs and telephoned in the bedroom. We knew nothing about it. If we had I certainly would have spoken with you. Please don’t pay too much attention to his asking for stamps. He should not have done it, certainly should not have telephoned about them.
LETTER FROM ALICE TO HER FATHER; APRIL 19, 1939
