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Harry Huskey has died
- lsh 9y ago“Harry basically lived through and participated in the entire span of the history of electronic computing.” black bar, guys?
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoWhat?
- paulddraper 9y agoHN adds a black bar at the top for notable deaths.
- ebcode 9y agoseconded.
- MarkMMullin 9y agoagreed
- orsenthil 9y agoHis accomplishments are enormous. Thank you for brining this up nytimes! * Dr. Huskey worked with Mr. Turing at the British National Physical Laboratory and was chief of machine development at the Institute for Numerical Analysis, part of the United States Bureau of Standards. * He taught from 1954 to 1967 at the University of California, Berkeley, where he led research into computer language. * In 1967 he joined the founding faculty of the computer and information science program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. RIP, Dr. Huskey.
- indogooner 9y agoDr. Huskey was also instrumental in setting up of Computer Center at IIT Kanpur as part of Kanpur Indo-American Programme. The bullock cart being used to transport the IBM 1620 computer[1] is part of IITK folklore now. [1] https://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/amit/books/subbarao-2008-eye-for-excellence.html https://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/amit/books/subbarao-2008-ey...
- jacquesm 9y agoAmazing picture, thank you.
- jacquesm 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Huskey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Huskey
- chaostheory 9y agohttp://www.theymadethat.com/people/xp89en/harry-huskey http://www.theymadethat.com/people/xp89en/harry-huskey
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- jmspring 9y agoHis office at UCSC was just a couple of doors down from that of Glen Langdon (my advisor) during my tenure there. I only got to listen/talk to him a couple of times. A loss and an interesting guy. Husked Langdon Huffman UCSC had some interesting founding individuals.
- joestr87 9y ago"Harry Huskey, Pioneering Computer Scientist, Is Dead at 101" Only 5 years old? Yeesh that's young.