Gerrot Blaauw
Name: Gerrot (Gerry) Anne Blaauw Born: July 17, 1924, in The Hague, Netherlands Death: March 21, 2018 (Age: 93) Computer-related contributions One of the principal designers of the IBM System/360 line of computers. While a key engineer on the IBM System/360 project, announced in 1964 Blaauw made the successful case for an 8-bit (as opposed to 6-bit) design. At Harvard, he worked on design of the Mark III and Mark IV computers....