Claude A. R. Kagan papers 1951-1981

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Claude A. R. Kagan papers 1951-1981

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Collection contains correspondence, conference proceedings, meeting minutes, memoranda, sketches, newsletters, and policy manuals largely relating to the origin and organization of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and allied professional groups.

4 boxes (1 cubic foot)

eng,

University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

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American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Computing Device Committee

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Imm, Ruben A.

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Ware, Willis H.

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Ware was a member of the research staff of the Institute for Advanced Study (1946-1951), and later joined the corporate research staff of the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, CA. He was interested in the effect of computers on privacy, and served as chairman of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data Systems for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1972-1973), as well as vice chairman of the Privacy Protection Study Commission (1975-1977). Created by the Priva...

Kagan, Claude A. R.

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Kagan worked at Ebasco Services before joining the Western Electric Company in Lawrence, MA in 1953. At the company's Engineering Research Center in Princeton he undertook a variety of assignments in computer systems and high-level language development. Long interested in the use of computers in engineering and communication, he was active in the American Institute of Electrical Engineers' computing devices and data communications committees and served on the Joint Computer Conference and severa...

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American federation of information processing societies

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The American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) was established on May 10, 1961 to advance and disseminate knowledge in the field of information science, and to represent member societies on an international level. The federation was an outgrowth of the National Joint Computer Committee, which was established in 1951 to sponsor the Joint Computer Conferences. One of the main contributions of AFIPS was its sponsorship of the Joint Computer Conference, renamed the National Comp...

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Joint Computer Conference

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Institute of Radio Engineers.

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