| Title: |
Gene H. Golub
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| Local code: |
OH 20
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Charles Babbage Institute
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| Collection: |
Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Program
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| Series: |
Item 1 of Series Gene H. Golub
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| Description: |
Golub discusses his career in computer science at Stanford University. In 1962, after working as a numerical analyst for the Space Technology Center, Golub was hired by George Forsythe for Stanford's new computer science program. Golub describes interactions and tensions between the mathematics department and new computer science faculty. He mentions the resistance Forsythe encountered in his attempts to increase revenues by selling computer time to private industry. Golub describes Forsythe's personality and his performance as an administrator.
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| Extent: |
11 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=131
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1979 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Golub, Gene H., 1932-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1932
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| Speaker occupation: |
Numerical analyst
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| Age at speaking: |
47
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| Document location: |
Stanford, CA
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| Document date: |
16-May-1979
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| Interviewer: |
McCorduck, Pamela
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; Information technology; North America; Oral history; Software engineering; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0023958-25501
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