James H. Pomerene
James Herbert Pomerene | |
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Computer design | |
Awards | Computer Pioneer Award (1986) |
James Herbert Pomerene (June 22, 1920 – December 7, 2008) was an electrical engineer and computer pioneer.
Biography
Pomerene was born June 22, 1920, in Yonkers, New York. His father was Joel Pomerene and mother was Elsie Bower.
He received the BS degree in electrical engineering from Northwestern University in 1942. In 1945 he married Edythe Schwenn and had three children.[1]
In 1946, he joined the Electronic Computer Project at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, under the leadership of John von Neumann. The project built a parallel stored program computer called the IAS machine that was the prototype for a number of machines such as the MANIAC I, ORACLE, and ILLIAC series. Pomerene designed and implemented the adder portion of the arithmetic unit.[2]
Collaborating with engineers such as
Pomerene became chief engineer on the IAS computer project from 1951 to 1956.[1][2]
In Summer 1956, Pomerene joined the
Pomerene was a Life Fellow of the
He died December 7, 2008, in Chappaqua, New York.[1]
Selected papers
- Gilchrist, B.; Pomerene, J.; Wong, S.Y., "Fast carry logic for digital computers" IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers, EC-4 (Dec.1955), pp. 133–136.
- Esterin, B.; Gilchrist, B.; Pomerene, J. H., "A Note on High Speed Digital Multiplication" IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers, vol. EC-5, p. 140 (1956).
References
- ^ New York Times. December 9, 2008. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
James Her bert, 88, of Chappaqua, a Computer Pioneer died on December 7, 2008. He was born in Yonkers, New York on June 22, 1920 to Joel Pomerene and Elsie Bower. ...
- ^ a b c Gilchrist, Bruce, "Remembering Some Early Computers, 1948-1960" Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, Columbia University EPIC, 2006, pp.7-9.
- ^ "Timeline of the Stretch/Harvest Era". Computer History Museum (1956-1961). Archived from the original on April 29, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
- ^ "Fellows - P". IEEE Fellows. IEEE. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
James H. Pomerene (Life Fellow) 1971: for contributions to the design and development of computing systems
- ^ Norm Jouppi (June 2006). "SIGARCH Annual Report". Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
Further reading
- Gilchrist, Bruce, "In Memoriam, James Pomerene (1920 - 2008)", New Castle Now, February 6, 2009.