Jesse Edward Hobson (May 2, 1911 – November 5, 1970) was the director of SRI International from 1947 to 1955.
[1][2][3][4] Prior to SRI, he was the director of the Armour Research Foundation.
[7] He received bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue University and a PhD in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.
[3] Hobson was also selected as a nationally outstanding engineer.
[3] Hobson married Jessie Eugertha Bell on March 26, 1939, and they had five children.