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Harlan Anderson (October 15, 1929 - January 30, 2019) was an American engineer and entrepreneur, best known as the co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), which later became the second largest computer company in the world.
Oct 22, 2009 · Harlan Anderson, who founded Digital Equipment Corp. with Ken Olsen in 1957, has written a new book on his days as a computer pioneer: “Learn, Earn and Return: My Life as a Computer...
Harlan Anderson (born 1929) is an engineer and entrepreneur, best known as the co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) which at one time was the second largest computer company in the world.
Harlan Anderson. Born: October 15, 1929, Freeport, Illinois. While in college in 1950, Harlan Anderson first became interested in computers while taking programming courses for the Illiac I—a large custom-built mainframe machine at the University of Illinois under construction at the time.
May 29, 2024 · Digital at its peak was the second largest computer company in the world. Early on, Anderson was active in professional societies and was General Chairman of the Eastern Joint Computer Conference in 1966, the largest professional meeting and exhibition of computer technology at the time.
Jun 13, 2017 · Founded in 1957 by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson, DEC was one of the most successful computer companies of the 20th century, reaching nearly $14 billion in revenue and over 120,000 employees worldwide. Their seminal contribution—the minicomputer—was the revolutionary bridge between large-scale mainframes and personal computers.
Oral History of Harlan Anderson. Gardner Hendrie: We have here with us Harlan Anderson, who was one of the two cofounders of Digital Equipment Corporation and he has gracefully agreed to do an oral history for the Computer History Museum, thank you very much Harlan.
