Birth Name:

Perry O. Crawford Jr.

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Aug 09, 1917

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Medford, Oregon, United States

Age:

106

Zodiac Sign:

Leo

Astrology Data:

Sun

16°

Leo

37'

About Perry O. Crawford Jr.

Perry Orson Crawford, Jr. (August 9, 1917 – December 13, 2006) was an American computer pioneer credited as being the first to fully realize and promote the value of digital, as opposed to analog, computers for real-time applications. This was in 1945 while advising Jay Forrester in developing flight simulators and anti-aircraft fire control devices during World War II, before practical digital computers had been produced. His similar foresight on related issues led to his heading twelve years later the design team for IBM's SABRE project, the ticketing system for American Airlines, the first large-scale commercial application of real-time computer systems, which became the model for on-line transaction processing.

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External Links:

• Computer Oral History Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution Houses tapes and transcript of 1970 interview with Perry O. Crawford, Jr.

• Perry O. Crawford papers, MC-0509. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Distinctive Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Accessed July 2, 2020.

• Archives:The Computer Pioneers: The Whirlwind Computer. The Engineering and Technology History Wiki. Accessed July 5, 2020. Video of a discussion in 1983, moderated by Perry Crawford, among the members and supporters of the Whirlwind team: Jay Forrester, James Killian, Norman H. Taylor, Charles Adams, Dean Arden, J.T. Gilmore, Hal Laning, Robert Everett, and Robert Taylor.

• Archives:The Computer Pioneers: Electronic Developments During World War II. The Engineering and Technology History Wiki. Accessed July 5, 2020. Video of a discussion in 1983, moderated by Perry Crawford, among other pioneers: Kenneth Bowles, Julius Stratton, Albert Hill, and Gordon Brown.

• Perry O. Crawford, Computer Pioneers by J. A. N. Lee. IEEE Computer Society. Accessed July 30, 2020.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Perry O. Crawford Jr.: Sun 16 Leo, Moon 16 Taurus, Mercury 10 Virgo, Venus 14 Virgo, Mars 8 Cancer, Jupiter 7 Gemini, Saturn 5 Leo, Uranus 21 Aquarius, Neptune 5 Leo, Pluto 4 Cancer, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Sun Semi Sextile Venus, Mercury Sextile Mars, Mercury Square Jupiter, Mars Semi Sextile Jupiter, Mars Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Mars Conjunct Pluto, Jupiter Sextile Saturn, Jupiter Sextile Neptune, Saturn Conjunct Neptune, Saturn Semi Sextile Pluto, Uranus Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Neptune Semi Sextile Pluto

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