Browsing by Subject "Computer industry -- United States -- Mergers"

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    Oral history interview with George W. Dick
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1988-02-19) Dick, George W.
    Dick describes the steps he took to return the company to profitability when he became executive vice president of the Council for Economic and Industrial Research (C-E-I-R), later the Corporation for Economic and Industrial Research, in 1962. He reviews the management of the company, its finances, and its marketing capabilities. In 1965 Dick left his position as vice president to take over the presidency of American Business Research Bureau and describes the radio ratings research firm and his management of it. Throughout the interview he discusses his relationship with other C-E-I-R executives including Herbert W. Robinson, Maurice G. Kendall, Jack Moshman, Meade Camp, and Robert Holland.
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    Oral history interview with William C. Norris
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1986) Norris, William C., 1911-
    Norris was a founding vice president of Engineering Research Associates (ERA). He later became head of the Univac Division of the Remington Rand before founding and becoming president and chief executive officer of Control Data Corporation (CDC) in 1957. Norris begins by describing his employment before World War II, his civilian career with the Navy, and his commission in the Naval Reserve. He then discusses his work with Communications Supplementary Activities-Washington. Norris' description of the formation and operations of ERA comprise over half of the interview. Topics include: the roles of Howard Engstrom, John E. Parker, C. B. Tompkins, and Northwestern Aeronautical in the formation of ERA; the influence of the Whirlwind project; government contracts held by ERA; magnetic drums; and contract negotiations with James Birkenstock of International Business Machines. In the second half of the interview Norris discusses the ERA 1101, ERA 1102, and ERA 1103 computers, the acquisition of ERA by Remington Rand, the Univac File computer, his work as head of the Univac Division, and the formation of CDC.
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    Oral history interview with Willis K. Drake
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1983-02-03) Drake, Willis K.
    Drake, founder of Data Card Corporation, discusses his career from his employment with Engineering Research Associates (ERA) to his work with Data Card. He remembers his employment with ERA from 1947 to 1952 and his growing frustration with the firm after it was sold to Remington Rand in 1952. He credits James Rand with considerable vision for business applications of computers, but criticizes Remington-Rand's management for failing to coordinate the activities of ERA and an earlier acquisition, the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company. He also relates the circumstances surrounding the formation of Control Data Corporation.