John Couleur


John Francis Couleur (July 7 1925, Chicago – August 25 2007, Scottsdale, Arizona) was an American computer engineer and executive. He was the recipient of over 40 patents.[1]



Early life


During World War II Couleur enrolled in the V-12 Navy College Training Program.
He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Southern Methodist University in Houston, Texas in 1946.[1][2] During the Korean War he served as a lieutenant in the United States Air Force.



Career


Couleur joined the General Electric Company. In 1953, at GE's Heavy Military Electronics Department (HMED) in Syracuse, New York he served as lead architect on the development of the MISTRAM tracking system for the Atlas Missle.[3]


Later at GE he was responsible for the development of the GE-635 computer system.[4] At the request of MIT Project MAC, Couleur and Ted Glaser designed the modifications to turn the 635 system into what became the GE-645 for the Multics Operating System in 1972.[5][6]



References




  1. ^ ab "John Francis Couleur". Legacy.com. Arizona Republic. Retrieved May 29, 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "In Memorium". SMU Magazine. Jun 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2018.


  3. ^ "GE Information Systems". Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation. Retrieved May 29, 2018.


  4. ^ Dennis, Jack. "An Interview with JACK DENNIS" (PDF). Charles Babbage Institute. Retrieved May 29, 2018.


  5. ^ Corbató, Fernando J. "An Interview with FERNANDO J. CORBATO" (PDF). Charles Babbage Institute. Retrieved May 29, 2017.


  6. ^ Bellec, Jean. "from GECOS to GCOS8". FEB-patrimoine. Retrieved May 29, 2018.










The name of the pictureThe name of the pictureThe name of the pictureClash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP

Popular posts from this blog

How to make file upload 'Required' in Contact Form 7?

Rothschild family

amazon EC2 - How to make wp-config.php to writable?