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    • Robert W. Bemer

    Born February 8, 1920, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.; programmer extraordinaire; inventor of many terms in common usage and contributor to Cobol and Fortran.

    Education: AB, mathematics, Albion College, 1940; certificate, aeronautical engineering, Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute of Aeronautics, 1941.

    Professional Experience: programmer, Rand Corp., 1949-1951; group leader, mathematical analysis, Lockheed Corporation, Burbank, Calif., 1951-1952; manager, numerical analysis group, Marquardt Aircraft, 1952-1954; manager, mathematical analysis department, Lockheed Missile Systems Division, 1954-1955; IBM Corp.: assistant manager, programming research, 1955-1957, manager, programming systems, 1957-1960, manager, Corporate Logical Systems Standards, 1960-1961, director of programming standards, 1961-1962; director, systems programming, Univac Division, Sperry-Rand Corp., 1962-1965; consultant to general manager, Bull GE, 1965-1966; manager, systems and software eng