Sperry Rand

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Sperry Rand

COMPANY

Formed when Sperry Corporation merged with Remington Rand in 1955. It dropped the "Rand" part of its name in 1978, and was eventually purchased by Burroughs in 1986, becoming Unisys.

Industry:
Computer

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Seymour Cray Inventor 28-Sep-1925 5-Oct-1996 Inventor of Cray supercomputers

Leslie R. Groves Military 17-Aug-1896 13-Jul-1970 Director of the Manhattan Project

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Grace Murray Hopper Computer Programmer 9-Dec-1906 1-Jan-1992 Invented the COBOL compiler

EMPLOYMENT

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Eleanor Baum Educator c. 1939 Dean of Engineering, Cooper Union

Hatim A. Tyabji Business 1945 CEO of VeriFone, 1986-98

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