Pomerene, James2011-06-242011-06-241980-09-26James Pomerene, OH 31. Oral history interview by Nancy Stern, 26 September 1980, Yorktown Heights, NY. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107986OH 31https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107986Transcript not available electronically. Please contact CBI. Permission of James Pomerene is required to quote or cite all or any part of this transcript.Pomerene describes his experiences working for the Institute for Advanced Study Computer Project as the first engineer to work on the electronic components in 1946 and as the project's chief engineer from 1951. He reviews the personal interactions and technical decisions that surrounded the project's development. He discusses the roles of John von Neumann and Herman Goldstine, the personalities of some of the project staff, and the aborted attempt to employ the RCA Selectron electrostatic memory tube.en-USComputer historyInstitute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)Institute for Advanced Study computerVon Neumann, John, 1903-1957Goldstine, Herman Heine, 1913-Oral History