Harouna Lam

ITEC 495

Assignment 1-4-2

Margaret R. FoxCareer and Achievement in Information Technology

Tables of contents of the presentationMargaret R. Fox

Career and achievement Background Education Contributions Gestalt Future of Information Technology

Background of Magaret R. Fox

Born in 1916 Nationality – American citizen Involved in producing and reviewing

bibliographies Joined army Naval Reserve in 1943.

Education

Study Physic and Math. Graduated with a bachelor in English. At Wisconsin College State in 1940. Worked as electronic engineer in radar in

Naval Reserve.

Contributions

Produced reviews and bibliographies. Joined Association for Computing

Machinery She founded American Federation for

Information Processing Societies.

Contribution (Continued)

Joined National Institute of Standards and Technology.

She helped the nation technological progress.

Keep track of much of the paperwork for that first big computer project.

Acting as chief Office of Computer Information in the National Bureau of Standards Institute for Computer Science and Technology.(NBSICST).

Margaret R. Fox and Gestalt

She contributed “gestalt” in nature by:

She was able to inform people about UNIVAC.

She documented and recording biggest moment in computing history.

Handled much of the contract from the Bureau of Census for the first UNIVAC computer with Eckert-Mauchly Computer.

Prediction

Without Margaret R. Fox contribution, no one would known about UNIVAC.

She kept documentation and records of the most historic moments in computing.

She produced reviews and bibliographies.

She helped to document many major industry accomplishment.

Summary

Margaret R. Fox was born in 1916.

Graduated in 1940 in Wisconsin College State. She work as electronic engineer in radar as naval reserved .

She joined ACM and founded American Federation for Information Processing Societies.

Her biggest accomplishment to document and record history of the biggest movements in computing history.

References:

Magaret R.F.(2010).SmartComputing. Retrieved on Saturday May 15, 2010, from website http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/dictionary/detail.asp?guid=&searchtype=1&DicID=18118&RefType=Encyclopedia

Fisher, Walter C. to Fox, Margaret R.(2002, May). SmartComputing. Retrieved on Saturday May 15,2010,from website http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/r0605/28r05/28r05.asp&guid=

Pioneering women in computing Technology(2010).Retrieved on Saturday May 15, 2010, from website http://women.cs.cmu.edu/ada/Resources/Women/