Oral history interview with William R. Keye, 1981 Nov.

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Oral history interview with William R. Keye, 1981 Nov.

Keye discusses the establishment of Control Data Corporation and William C. Norris.

Sound cassette : 1 (60 min.) : analog, mono.Transcript: 34 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7814068

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Pine, Carol

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Control Data Corporation

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In January 1980, William C. Norris began planning for Control Data Corporation (CDC) executives to write histories of the major business segments of the company. After compiling a list of potential contributors, selected current and former CDC executives were requested to write narratives, with as much supporting documentation as possible, on specific business areas or topics in mid-1980. By late 1981, all the narratives had been completed. From the description of Control Data Corpor...

Norris, William C., 1911-2006

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William C. Norris was born in 1911. He graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1932. He assumed management of the family farm upon the death of his father a few months later. From 1935 to 1941 he served as a sales engineer with the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company and worked in Omaha and Chicago. During World War II, Norris was commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Na...

Keye, William R., 1921-

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Control Data Corporation executive. From the description of Oral history interview with William R. Keye, 1981 Nov. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436502 ...