Jerrier A. Haddad

Jerrier A. Haddad
Jerry Haddad
Jerry Haddad
BornJuly 17, 1922
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died March 31, 2017(2017-03-31) (aged 94)
Tupper Lake, U.S.
OccupationComputer engineer
Alma materCornell University
SpouseMargaret Van Hamlin Haddad
Children5
ParentsAbd al-Masih Haddad
Rashida Helen Shaker
RelativesNadra Haddad (uncle)

Jerrier A. "Jerry"[1] Haddad (July 17, 1922 – March 31, 2017) was an American pioneer computer engineer who was the co-developer and designer of the IBM 701 series which was IBM's first commercial scientific computer and its first mass-produced mainframe computer.[2][3]

The IBM 701 started the line of IBM 700/7000 series which were responsible for bringing electronic computing to the world and for IBM's dominance in the mainframe computer market during the 1960s and 1970s that continues today.[4] The lower-cost general-purpose version of the IBM 701 was the famous IBM 650, which became the first mass-produced computer in the world.[5]

Haddad was responsible for engineering and both system and circuit-level design, and managed the approximately 200 engineers involved. In 1984, along with Nathaniel Rochester, he received the Computer Pioneer Award.

Haddad was also the co-developer of the IBM 604, the world's first mass-produced programmable electronic calculator, along with Ralph Palmer.

He was a fellow of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was a member of the National Academy of Engineering.[6]

  1. ^ Lee, John A. N. (1995). International Biographical Dictionary of Computer Pioneers. Taylor & Francis. pp. 355–357. ISBN 9781884964473. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "The IBM 700 Series: Computing Comes to Business". IBM. March 7, 2012.
  3. ^ "In Memorian. Jerrier Haddad: An Appreciation". IBM. April 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "The IBM 700 Series: Computing Comes to Business". IBM.com. March 7, 2012.
  5. ^ Pichler, Franz (January 25, 2018). Computer Aided Systems Theory. Springer. p. 60. ISBN 9783319747187.
  6. ^ "Jerrier A. Haddad: An Appreciation". THINK Blog. ibm.com. April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2017.