Gordon Bell
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Chester Gordon Bell (born August 19, 1934) is an American electrical engineer and manager. An early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 1960–1966, Bell designed several of their PDP machines and later became Vice President of Engineering 1972–1983, overseeing the development of the VAX computer systems. Bell's later career includes entrepreneur, investor, founding Assistant Director of NSF's Computing and Information Science and Engineering Directorate 1986–1987, and researcher emeritus at Microsoft Research, 1995–2015.
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Born | (1934-08-19) August 19, 1934 (age 89)[1] |
Alma mater | MIT (BS 1956, MS 1957) |
Known for | Computer architecture |
Spouse | Gwen Bell[1] |
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Institutions | DEC, Microsoft |
Website | gordonbell |
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