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Birth
Cuthbert was born in Estherville, Iowa April 15th, 1911. -
B.A in math
Received his Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from Drake University in Des Moines , Iowa -
M.S in math
Got his Master of Science in Mathematics from the University of Iowa. -
Ph.D in math
Got his doctor of philosophy in math from the University of Illinois. -
Started working at IBM
Was the most popular computer and technologies companies during this time. Nowadays, it is an information technology company operating in over 170 countries. -
Started the development the IBM 650
Cuthbert Hurd convinced the company to start the design and production of the IBM 650, one of the first consumer computers. -
Became the director of a division of IBM
Hurd became director of the IBM Electronic Data Processing Machines Division. -
Became chairman of CUS
Became the chairman of the Computer Usage Company (The first independent computer software company). -
Obtained an honorary LLD degree
Got his honorary degree from Drake University where he first started his post-secondary academic career. -
Became president of CUS
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Became chairman for Picodyne Corp.
"provides its customers with ultra-low power electronics for portable uses." -
Founded Quintus Computer System's
A technologies company that provided "specialized process control tools", in other words they where a company that were trying to full automate large and complicated computer system's for there time. (this company either no longer exists or has no online presence) -
Received an IEEE Computer Pioneer Award
Received the IEEE Computer Pioneer award for his contributions and innovation he brought to the world of technology, specifically computing. -
Death
Cuthbert died Portola Vally, California due to natural causes. He was 85.
