Oral history interview with Carl Hammer, 1983 Apr. 15.

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Oral history interview with Carl Hammer, 1983 Apr. 15.

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Hammer reviews his career in the computing industry, including his work for Sperry Rand, Sylvania and Radio Corporation of America (RCA). He begins with his entry into data processing at the Thomas J. Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory and his work under Paul Lazarfeld as a research associate at the Bureau of Applied Social Research. He turns next to his employment beginning in 1950 at the Franklin Institute. He discusses the industrial applications of computers, and collaborations between the Franklin Institute and the government. From 1955 through 1957 Hammer headed the European Univac Computing Center.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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