Hammer, Carl, 1914-2004

Hammer was born in Chicago, Illinois, educated in Germany, and received his doctorate in mathematics from the University of Munich in 1938. He was director of the Univac European Computer Center in 1955, joined Sylvania's Programming and Analysis Department in 1957, and later worked for the Radio Corporation of America's Surface Communications Division. In 1961 he became manager of RCA's Scientific Computer Applications, and in 1963 he became director of Computer Sciences at the Univac Division of Sperry Rand. He was active in a number of professional organizations relating to statistics, cybernetics, mathematics, and computing, and he delivered numerous speeches on the subject of computing.

From the description of Carl Hammer papers, 1955-1990. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63294320

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