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Sinkov may refer to: *Abraham Sinkov, an American cryptanalyst * Sinkov, Ukraine, a settlement in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine * Anatoli Sinkov (artillerist), Hero of the Soviet Union (1945) * Anatoli Sinkov (pilot), Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ... (1944), later stripped of the award {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Sinkov
Abraham Sinkov (August 22, 1907 – January 19, 1998) was a US cryptanalyst. An early employee of the U.S. Army's Signals Intelligence Service, he held several leadership positions during World War II, transitioning to the new National Security Agency after the war, where he became a deputy director. After retiring in 1962, he taught mathematics at Arizona State University. Biography Sinkov was the son of Jewish immigrants Morris (Mordechai Eliezer) and Ethel (née Etel Constantinowsky) from Alexandria, Russia, which is now Oleksandriya, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine. Sinkov was born in Philadelphia, but grew up in Brooklyn. After graduating from Boys High School he took his B.S. in mathematics from City College of New York. (By coincidence, one of his close friends at Boys High and CCNY was Solomon Kullback). Mr. Sinkov taught in New York City schools but was unhappy with the working conditions and anxious to use his mathematics knowledge in practical ways. Early career The opp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
