• DocumentCode
    995100
  • Title

    E.G. Andrews, 1898-l980

  • Author

    La Porte, Deirdre ; Stibitz, George R.

  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1982
  • Firstpage
    4
  • Lastpage
    19
  • Abstract
    E. G. Andrews, a pioneer in the development of binary computers, died on October 13, 1980, in Hanover, New Hampshire. Ernest Galen Andrews was born in Topeka, Kansas, on January 10, 1898. Following service aboard the USS Kansas during World War I, Andrews attended William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, where he received a bachelor´s degree in mathematics in 1922. In that same year, he accepted a position with the installation department of the Western Electric Company in Kansas City, whence he was transferred to Atlanta and then to New York City.
  • Keywords
    Andrews, E.G.; Obituaries;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0164-1239
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.1982.10011
  • Filename
    4392920