Oral history interview with Arnold J. Ryden, 1983 Mar. 15.

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Oral history interview with Arnold J. Ryden, 1983 Mar. 15.

Ryden describes the formation of Control Data Corporation. He discusses his role and the roles of the other founders, especially Bill Drake and William Norris, in organizing the company and arranging the initial financing.

Sound cassette : 1 (90 min.) : analog, mono.Transcript: 34 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7814090

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Ryden, Arnold

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High technology venture capitalist and one of the founders of Control Data Corporation. From the description of Oral history interview with Arnold J. Ryden, 1995 Apr. 5. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437850 One of the founders of Control Data Corporation. From the description of Oral history interview with Arnold J. Ryden, 1983 Mar. 15. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436633 ...

Price, Mollie,

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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...

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...

Drake, Willis K.

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Founder of Data Card Corporation. From the description of Oral history interview with Willis K. Drake, 1983 Feb. 3. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63295475 ...