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James William Cooley was a renowned American mathematician and computer scientist. Cooley earned his B.A. degree in 1949 from Manhattan College, his M.A. degree in 1951 from Columbia University, and his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Columbia University in 1961. He worked as a programmer on John von Neumann's computer at the Institute for Advanced Study from 1953 to 1956, and later joined the Courant Institute at New York University, where he worked on quantum mechanical computations from 1956 to 1962. In 1962, he joined the Research Staff at the IBM Watson Research Center, where he developed and applied his mathematical expertise to various fields, including signal processing and computer engineering.