Carl Hammer



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Diesen Text habe ich aus dem WWW entnommen. Carl Hammer gehört zu jenen, die sich sehr intensiv mit dem Beale-Code beschäftigt haben. Über ihn und seine Arbeit gibt es eine Web-Seite, die ich der Vollständigkeit halber übernommen habe. Ich zitiere sie einschließlich der Copyright-Angaben, die ich zu beachten bitte.

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TITLE: Carl Hammer Papers

CARL HAMMER (1914- )

Papers, 1955-1990.

CBI 3

18 boxes

17 cubic feet

August 1991

By :Bruemmer/Rauen/Hennessy/Corbitt

ACQUISITION: The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1990 by Carl Hammer, accessions 984-3, 985-20, 987-24, 987-40, 988-06, and 991-21.

ACCESS: Access to Hammer's diaries are permitted only with written authorization from Hammer or his designee. Please consult the CBI archivist for futher information.

COPYRIGHT: CBI owns copyright to the collection with the exception of Hammer's diaries, in which copyright is held by the donor until the restrictions on access to the diaries have expired. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Please cite the collection as follows: Carl Hammer Papers (CBI 3), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Biography

Carl Hammer was born in Chicago, Illinois, and educated in Germany. He received his doctorate in mathematics from the University of Munich in 1938. He worked as a staistician before becoming chairman of the division of technical education at Walter Hervey Junior College in 1947. He became a research associate at Columbia University in 1950, where he did work in statistical modeling for the social sciences.

Two years later he became a senior research engineer at the Franklin Institute. There he originally worked on analogue computers but soon became involved with digital systems. He was director of the UNIVAC European Computer Center 1955-1957, marketing and installing UNIVACs.

He joined Sylvania's Programming and Analysis Department in 1957 to work on the Mobidic system, and worked on the ballistic missle early warning system.

In 1959 he became administrative technical project coordinator for the Radio Corporation of America's Surface Communications Division, where he worked on Polaris communications, and IT&T and AT&T international cables; in 1961, he became manager of RCA's Scientific Computer applicationsand worked on Minuteman.

In 1963 he became director of Computer Services at the UNIVAC Division of Sperry Rand and remained there until 1981.

Hammer taught at American University for 20 years and was active in professional organizations in the fields of statistics, cybernetics, mathematics, and computing. He also delivered numerous speeches on the subject of computing. In addition to numerous other awards, Hammer received the Computer Science Man-of-the-Year Award from the Data Processing Management Association in 1973.

Bibliography

Scope and Content

This collection is divided into five series.

Conference Presentations, 1955-1982, includes speeches given by Hammer, correspondence, and conference materials. Many of his presentations focused on the future of the computer and the effect of computers on society and management.

Records of Professional Organizations, 1967-1984, contains minutes, correspondence, articles, reports, and meeting materials primarily relating to the American Federation of Information Processing Societies, the Association for Computing Machinery, Data Processing Management Association, and the International Council for Computer Communication. Professional Papers, 1951-1968, includes papers written while at Columbia University, Radio Corporation of America, and Sperry UNIVAC as well as miscellaneous papers and reference files on computer related subjects.

Diaries, 1955-1980, contains Hammer's diaries during this period. The Diaries series is restricted.

Audiovisuals, 1970-1985, has been artificially created and includes audio tapes of interviews, seminars, speeches by Hammer and others, and system descriptions; and a film narrated by Hammer about UNIVAC products.

Miscellaneous Material, 1949-1984, includes citations to Hammer in articles and course catalogs which contain descriptions of classes taught by Hammer.

Throughout this finding aid, the titles of speeches and articles are in quotes and publications are italicized.


CONTENTS LISTING

Conference Presentations

Records of Professional Societies

Professional Papers

Columbia University Bureau of Applied Social Research

Radio Corporation of America

Sperry UNIVAC

Miscellaneous Papers

Reference Files

Sperry-UNIVAC Records

Diaries

RESTRICTED

Audiovisual Materials

Artwork and posters

Audio Cassettes

Film

Photographs

Miscellaneous Materials related to Carl Hammer's work


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