Guide to the George Glaser collection
Finding aid prepared by Sydney Gulbronson Olson
Computer History Museum
May 2018
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Title: George Glaser collection
Identifier/Call Number: X2717.2004
Contributing Institution:
Computer History Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.75 Linear feet,
3 record cartons
Date (inclusive): 1962-2002
Abstract: The George Glaser collection is made up of subject files related to BEA Systems, voice recognition technologies, Y2K, the
semiconductor industry, technology industry lawsuits, and various other topics. It contains articles, periodicals and reprints,
product literature, catalogs, price lists, technology and industry forecasts, newsletters, court briefings, technical reports,
and correspondence ranging in date from 1962 to 2002.
creator:
Glaser, George, 1931-2006
Collection surveyed by Sydney Gulbronson Olson, 2018.
An inventory of folder titles in the collection was created by a CHM volunteer. To view the CHM catalog record and inventory
for the George Glaser collection, please search the CHM catalog at
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/search/ .
The collection is open for research.
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[Identification of Item], [Date], George Glaser collection, Lot X2717.2004, Box [#], Computer History Museum.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of George Glaser, 2004.
George Glaser was an information technology consultant and a leader in the IT profession. Glaser was born on September 26,
1931 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from University of Notre Dame in 1952 and worked
for the U.S. Navy, Sandia Corporation, and Ampex. He joined McKinsey and Company in San Francisco as a consultant in 1961
and became a principal in 1967, specializing in data processing management and economic modeling. In 1973 Glaser became an
independent consultant as managing partner for Centigram Enterprises in Silicon Valley. In 1977 he became president of its
successor Centigram Corporation, a voice recognition and technology company. In 1981 he incorporated his consulting practice
as George Glaser, Inc., and continued to work as a consultant until his retirement in 2004.
Glaser was very involved in technology professional associations and conferences, holding leadership roles in the Association
of Computing Machinery (ACM), the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA), the American Federation of Information Processing
Societies (AFIPS), and the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). He served as chairman of the National
Computer Conference board from 1973 to 1975. Glaser was one of the earliest members of the Churchill Club, Silicon Valley's
business and technology forum, and served on the Club's board of directors. He was president and member of the board of directors
of the Charles Babbage Foundation. Glaser held a prominent leadership role in the Charles Babbage Foundation (CBF), where
he was president of CBF from 1998 to 2002, as well as a member of the Board of Directors and eventually, Trustee Emeritus.
He passed away on March 17, 2006 in Los Altos, California.
Scope and Content of the Collection
The George Glaser collection, ranging in date from 1962 to 2002, contains subject files related to BEA Systems, voice recognition
technologies, Y2K, the semiconductor industry, technology industry lawsuits, and various other topics. These files contain
printed materials such as articles, periodicals and reprints, product literature, catalogs, price lists, technology and industry
forecasts, newsletters, court briefings, and technical reports. There is also a small amount of correspondence. The majority
of the collection is arranged by corporation, organization, or government agency name. A small amount is grouped by publication
type, industry, or author.
George Glaser software collection, X2557.2003.
George Glaser donation, X2638.2004.
George Glaser donation, X2902.2005.
Related Collections at Other Repositories
George Glaser Papers (CBI 23), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
http://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/3/resources/22 .
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Automatic speech recognition
Data processing
Management--Data processing
Semiconductor Industry
Year 2000 date conversion (Computer systems)