Walter L. Anderson Papers 1942-1999

United States. General Accounting Office

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The Office of the First Comptroller was created in 1789 by the act establishing the Treasury Department. His responsibilities included final approval of all settled accounts, keeping records relating to receipts and disbursements of public funds, and keeping copies of contracts. In 1817 the Comptroller's functions relating to military accounts were turned over to the newly created office of the Second Comptroller, and in 1849 some of his functions relating to customs accounts were turned over to...

Engineering research associates

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Early computer manufacturing firm. From the description of Engineering Research Associates records, 1945-1956. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62435921 During the Second World War, the Navy recognized that the computer, with its ability to rapidly manipulate data streams, was a natural tool for encoding and decoding enemy messages. In 1944 and 1945 it sponsored a number of research projects in this area. Its most successful unit was l...

Remington Rand, inc

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Anderson, Walter L. (Walter Leonard), 1922-

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Anderson joined Engineering Research Associates in 1946 and worked as a design engineer. He later transferred from St. Paul to the Arlington, VA office and worked in sales. He was one of the founders of General Kinetics, Inc. in 1955 and became its president in 1965. From 1962 to 1964 he was chairman of the IEEE Professional Group on Electronic Computers (now the IEEE Computer Society). He served as director of American Federation of Information Processing Societies and held many committee posts...

American institute of electrical engineers

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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...

Institute of Radio Engineers.

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Institute of electrical and electronics engineers

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