Gilchrist, Bruce, 1930-
Bruce Gilchrist papers, 1960-1973.
Collection contains chronological files which contain outgoing correspondence relating to Bruce Gilchrist's duties as an officer of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS). Most of the records prior to 1965 concern ACM and those records created in 1965 or later relate to AFIPS.
American meteorologist and economist. Ph.D., University of London (1952). Professional experience includes: meteorologist, Institute for Advanced Study (1952-1956); assistant professor of mathematics, director of the computer center, University of Syracuse (1956-1959); manager of research center, director of systems engineering program, director of planning at service bureau corporation, manager of scientific operations in the data processing division, International Business Machines (IBM) (1959-1968); secretary, vice president, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (1960-1964); president, executive director, American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) (1966-1973); director of computing activities, senior advisor on information strategy, adjunct professor of computer science, Columbia University (1973-2007).
Gilchrist, Bruce, 1930-
American Federation of Information Processing Societies.
Association for Computing Machinery.
Meteorology
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AIP-ICOS
University of Minnesota. Charles Babbage Institute. Center for the History of Computing. University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA