Edward M. McCreight

Edward Meyers McCreight is an American computer scientist. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1969, advised by Albert R. Meyer.^[1] He co-invented the B-tree with Rudolf Bayer while at Boeing,^[2] and improved Weiner's algorithm to compute the suffix tree of a string.^[3] He also co-designed the Xerox Alto workstation,^[4] and, with Severo Ornstein, co-led the design and construction of the Xerox Dorado computer while at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.^[5] He also worked at Adobe Systems.

Edward M. (Ed) McCreight
Nationality	American
Alma mater	College of Wooster Carnegie Mellon University (Ph.D., 1969)
Known for	algorithm design, computer design
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	Boeing, Xerox PARC, Adobe Systems
Thesis	Classes of Computable Functions Defined by Bounds on Computation
Doctoral advisor	Albert R. Meyer