Oral history interview with Albert Hosmer Bowker, 1919 May 21.

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Oral history interview with Albert Hosmer Bowker, 1919 May 21.

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Bowker discusses his role in the formation of the Stanford University computer science department, and his vision, as early as 1956, of computer science as an academic discipline. He relates the difficulty he had in convincing colleagues of his view, his success in hiring George Forsythe in 1959, and the creation of a Division of Computer Science in 1963.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Stanford University. Computer Science Dept.

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Forsythe, George E. (George Elmer), 1917-

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George Forsythe was professor of mathematics and computer science (1957-72), Director of the Computation Center and Computer Science Division of the Mathematics Department (1961-65), first Chairman of the Computer Science Department (1965-71). Alexandra Forsythe taught computer science and was known for her interest in women in the science fields. From the description of George and Alexandra Forsythe papers, 1938-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387958 ...

Bowker, Albert H. (Albert Hosmer), 1919-2008

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Computer science professor. From the description of Oral history interview with Albert Hosmer Bowker, 1919 May 21. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63283006 ...

McCorduck, Pamela, 1940-....

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Pamela McCorduck conducted a series of oral history interviews with researchers involved in artificial intelligence (AI) during 1974 and 1975. The project was funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The interviews resulted in McCorduck's book Machines Who Think: A Personal Inquiry into the History and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence (San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1979). The collection includes interviews with Carnegie Mellon researchers Allen Newel...