Jean e sammet biography of williams

Born March 23, 1928, New York, N. Y; member of the CODASYL Cobol committee, chairman of the Short Range Subcommittee, which developed all the statements of the language; originator and developer of FORMAC, one of the earliest formula manipulation languages; leader in language systematization and historian of computer languages.

Education: BA, mathematics, Mount Holyoke College (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), 1948; MA, mathematics, University of Illinois, 1949.

Professional Experience: teaching assistant, mathematics, University of Illinois, 1948-1951; dividend technician, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 1951-1952; teaching assistant, mathematics, Barnard College, Columbia University, 1952-1953; engineer, Sperry Gyroscope Co., 1953-1958; Sylvania Electric Products: section head, MOBIDIC Programming, 1958-1959, staff consultant, Programming Research, 1959-1961; IBM Corp.: manager, Boston Advanced Programming, 1961-1965, Programming Language Technology ma