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Computer Sciences

James Madison University

2001

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Oral History Interview With William Mcgee, Philip L. Frana Nov 2001

Oral History Interview With William Mcgee, Philip L. Frana

Philip L Frana

William McGee is a retired senior programmer at the IBM Santa Teresa Laboratory. McGee received the AB degree in physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1949, and the MA degree in physics from Columbia University in 1951. From 1951 to 1959, McGee managed the numerical analysis unit at the General Electric Hanford Atomic Products Operation in Richland, Washington. Between 1959 and 1964 he led systems programming and research at Ramo Wooldridge Corporation in Canoga Park, California. McGee joined ...


Oral History Interview With Donald D. Chamberlin, Philip L. Frana Oct 2001

Oral History Interview With Donald D. Chamberlin, Philip L. Frana

Philip L Frana

Don Chamberlin is a research staff member at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. In this oral history Chamberlin recounts his early life, his education at Harvey Mudd College and Stanford University, and his work on relational database technology. Chamberlin was a member of the System R research team and, with Ray Boyce, developed the SQL database language. Chamberlin also briefly discusses his more recent research on XML query languages.


Oral History Interview With Glenn Henry, Philip L. Frana Aug 2001

Oral History Interview With Glenn Henry, Philip L. Frana

Philip L Frana

Glenn Henry begins by briefly outlining his education and early work career prior to joining IBM. The majority of the interview focuses on Henry's work as a software systems engineer and manager at IBM in the 1970s. Henry was centrally involved in the software development and hardware definitions for IBM's early Midrange Series computers. He had managerial roles at IBM San Jose and IBM Boca Raton before leading a large team at the home of IBM Midrange Series hardware and software development, IBM Rochester. He details the ...