Carl Hammer papers 1946-1992

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Carl Hammer papers 1946-1992

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Collection contains conference presentations, professional organization materials, articles and speeches authored by Hammer, publications relating to Hammer, diaries and photographs. Conference presentations (1955-1989) include speeches given by Hammer, correspondence, and conference ephemera. Many of his presentations focused on the future of the computer and the effect of computers on society and management. Records of professional organizations (1967-1986) include minutes, correspondence, articles, reports, and meeting materials primarily relating to the American Federation of Information Processing Societies, Association for Computing Machinery, Data Processing Management Association, and the International Council for Computer Communication. The diaries cover the period 1955 to 1980.

19 boxes (18 cubic feet)

eng,

University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

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Radio corporation of America

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Data Processing Management Association

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Hammer, Carl, 1914-2004

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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 ...