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Edson de Castro
American computer engineer (1938–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edson de Castro (September 14, 1938 – September 6, 2024) was an American computer engineer and businessman, best known for being a chief founder of Data General and for designing that company's Nova series of computers.[1]
Life and career
De Castro was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on September 14, 1938.[2][3] He was founder and CEO of Data General Corporation throughout the 1970s, the 1980s and into the 1990s when he was replaced by Ronald L Skates, a former Price Waterhouse Coopers partner. He also was the project manager in charge of developing the PDP-8 mini computer at Digital Equipment Corporation,[4] before leaving to form Data General Corporation.[4] As CEO of Data General, he appeared in Tracy Kidder's book The Soul of a New Machine.
De Castro married Jean DeCastro in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1963. Jean was a school teacher and Edson worked at Digital Equipment. They divorced in 1980.[5] Edson de Castro died on September 6, 2024, at the age of 85.[3][6]
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Books
- Kidder, Tracy (1981). The Soul of a New Machine. Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-49170-9.
References
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