W. Wallace McDowell
W. Wallace McDowell | |
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| Born | 1906 |
| Died | March 2, 1985 (aged 79) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Years active | 1930-1968 |
| Employer | IBM |
William Wallace McDowell, also known as W. Wallace McDowell, (1906–1985) was American Engineer, who worked for IBM and became vice president and spent his entire 38-year career at IBM. He was a pivotal IBM engineering executive who successfully steered the company's transition from electromechanical punch-card machines to the era of electronic computing, and he managed the development of the company's first commercial electronic computers.
The W. Wallace McDowell Award of the IEEE is named in his honor.