Oral history interview with Cuthbert Corwin Hurd

Hurd, Cuthbert Corwin, 1911-
1994-11-18
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Oral history interview with Cuthbert Corwin Hurd

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1994-11-18

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Charles Babbage Institute

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Hurd begins by discussing his educational background and his post-war experiences. He recalls his work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and his interaction with International Business Machines (IBM) in acquiring the first 604 for Oak Ridge. Hurd concludes the interview with an in-depth discussion of his move to IBM, his role in developing scientific computers, and his interaction with John von Neumann and the various national laboratories, especially Los Alamos.

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Cuthbert Corwin Hurd, OH 259. Oral history interview by Robert W. Seidel, 18 November 1994, Portola Valley, California. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107370

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Hurd, Cuthbert Corwin, 1911-. (1994). Oral history interview with Cuthbert Corwin Hurd. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107370.

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