> Herbert Reuben John Grosch (September 13, 1918 – January 18, 2010)[1] was an early computer scientist, perhaps best known for Grosch's law, which he formulate

> Herbert Reuben John Grosch (September 13, 1918 – January 18, 2010)[1] was an early computer scientist, perhaps best known for Grosch's law, which he formulated in 1950. Grosch's Law is an aphorism that states "economy is as the square root of the speed." > He holds the distinction of being the second scientist hired by IBM (after Wallace J. Eckert) > editor of the journal Computerworld from 1973 to 1976 > president of...the Association for Computing Machinery from 1976 to 1978. > Grosch received the Association for Computing Machinery Fellows Award in 1995, and the citation that accompanied it read, "A computer pioneer who managed important space and technology projects, Grosch is respected for discovering and describing the relationship between speed and cost of computers." Hmm! Here's an interesting publication of his: > Ray Tracing on IBM Punched Card Equipment, Journal of the Optical Society of America, Vol.35, 803A (1945). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Grosch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Grosch