George Glaser papers, 1967-1979.

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George Glaser papers, 1967-1979.

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Correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, brochures, newspapers clippings, and news releases relating to Glaser's professional activities. Most of the collection concerns AFIPS and includes information about administration, the National Joint Computer Conference (1973-1977), committees, board of directors, planning, finances, the International Federation for Information Processing, and Washington activities. Also included are records relating to Glaser's activities as treasurer of the Association for Computing Machinery and a regent of the DPMA Education Foundation. Correspondents include Walter L. Anderson, Bruce Gilchrist, Anthony Ralston, Robert Rector, Dick B. Simmons, Keith Uncapher, and Stephen S. Yau.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Simmons, Dick B.

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Uncapher, Keith W.

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Computer scientist. From the description of Keith W. Uncapher papers, 1964-1975. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489008 From the description of Oral history interview with Keith W. Uncapher, 1989 July 10. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63288518 ...

Yau, Stephen Shing-Toung.

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National Computer Conference

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Data Processing Management Association. Education Foundation

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Gilchrist, Bruce.

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Gilchrist was a prominent computer scientist. In the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) he served as secretary (1960-1962) and vice president (1962-1964). In 1966 he was elected president of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and was the organization's executive director from 1968-1973. From the description of Bruce Gilchrist papers 1960-1973. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63306801 ...

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...

ACM Special Interest Group on Multimedia

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The Association for Computing Machinery was founded in 1947 and has grown to become the oldest and largest educational and scientific computing society. It maintains the computing field's premier Digital Library and serves a membership in more than one hundred countries with publications, conferences and career resources. The Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of the ACM are technical communities representing virtually every major area of computing. There are also hundreds of professional and studen...

Rector, Robert E.

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Ralston, Anthony.

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Glaser, George.

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Glaser was president and chairman of the board of directors of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) from 1973 to 1975, treasurer of the Association for Computing Machinery, and a regent of the Data Processing Management Association's Educational Foundation. He was also a U.S. delegate to and vice president of the International Federation for Information Processing. Glaser was an employee of McKinsey & Co., an international management consulting firm. He was fou...

International Federation for Information Processing.

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The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is an umbrella organization for national information processing organizations. It was established in 1960 under the auspices of UNESCO. IFIP organizes a number of events, including conferences, working groups and workshops, and general assemblies.Information taken from the IFIP web site, http://ifip.or.at. From the description of International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) conference papers 1966-1986. (Univ...

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...