Oral history interview with Edson W. Spencer, 2009.

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Oral history interview with Edson W. Spencer, 2009.

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Edson W. Spencer discusses his early life and education, his service in the U.S. Navy, his careers at Sears and Honeywell and the international aspects of both careers, his time as president and CEO at Honeywell, Honeywell Inc.'s ventures into the computer industry, and his work with the Ford and Mayo Clinic Foundations.

Sound recordings : 4 sound cassettes (60 min. ea.)Transcript : 35 p. ; 28 cm.

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Spencer, Edson W.

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Edson W. Spencer was born in Illinois in 1926, and was educated at Williams College and at Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He worked for Sears Roebuck before joining Honeywell, Inc. in 1954. He became president and CEO of Honeywell in 1974 until his retirement in 1987. He was elected a trustee of the Ford Foundation in 1977, and served as the Foundation’s chairman from 1988-1992. From the guide to the Oral history interview with Edson W. Spencer., 2009., (Minnesota ...

Honeywell Inc.

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The Multics operating system was developed at MIT's Project MAC in cooperation with Bell Laboratories and General Electric beginning in 1964. It was written in PL/I, a high level programming language, and designed to adapt to future needs. When Honeywell took over General Electric's computer section it marketed Multics as a commercial product. From the description of Multics records, 1965-1982. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63295362 From the gui...