John Haanstra

John Haanstra
Born
John Wilson Haanstra

(1926-05-12)May 12, 1926
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedAugust 16, 1969(1969-08-16) (aged 43)
near Clines Corners, New Mexico, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Occupations
  • Electrical engineer
  • computer industry executive
SpouseJune Hill
Children3

John Wilson Haanstra (May 12, 1926 – August 16, 1969[1]: p.8 )[2] was an American electrical engineer and a computer industry executive. Haanstra was notable for his chairmanship of IBM's SPREAD[note 1] task force whose work led to the creation of the System/360 product line.[3]: p.126 

  1. ^ "Family Killed in New Mexico Plane Crash". Silver City Press. August 18, 1969. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  2. ^ Lee, J.A.N. (Jul–Sep 2001). "Obituaries: John W. Haanstra". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 23 (3): 82. doi:10.1109/MAHC.2001.948914.
  3. ^ Pugh, Emerson W.; Johnson, Lyle R.; Palmer, John H. (1991). IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems. MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-16123-0.


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