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George Glaser Papers, 1960-1989. Finding Aid.

Summary Information
Title: George Glaser papers
Dates: 1960-1989
Creator: Glaser, George
Extent: 9 boxes (9 cubic feet)
Language: English
Collection Number: CBI 23
Abstract:
Collection contains correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, brochures, newspapers clippings, and news releases relating to George Glaser's professional activities. Most of the collection concerns AFIPS and includes information about administration, the National Joint Computer Conference (1973-1977), committees, board of directors, planning, finances, the International Federation for Information Processing, and Washington activities. Also included are records relating to Glaser's activities as treasurer of the Association for Computing Machinery and a regent of the DPMA Education Foundation.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

Access and Use
Acquisition Information:

The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by George Glaser in 1986 and 1991.

Access Restrictions:

Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Copyright:

CBI holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred Citation:

George Glaser Papers (CBI 23), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.


Arrangement

The materials in this collection are arranged into the following series:

  • ACM Records, 1967-1978
  • AFIPS Records, 1960-1980
  • DPMA-Education Foundation Records, 1974-1978
  • IFIP Records, 1977-1989

AFIPS minutes have been filed together following ACM records for easier access, and AFIPS records have been placed together. Otherwise, records have been left in their original order.


Biographical Note

George Glaser received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1952 and later studied business administration at the University of New Mexico. He worked in engineering for several companies before becoming a consultant for McKinsey & Company, Inc. in 1961. In 1973 he became an independent consultant as managing partner in Centigram Enterprises. Glaser founded its successor, Centigram Corporation, in 1977. In 1981 he incorporated as George Glaser, Inc. in Los Angeles, California.

Glaser was active in several professional associations. He became a United States delegate to the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) in 1980, and became vice president of IFIP in 1982. He was president and chairman of the board of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and chairman of the National Computer Conference (NCC) board from 1973 to 1975. He was a member of the Data Processing Management Association's (DPMA) Education Foundation Board of Regents from its founding in 1975 to 1977. He was treasurer of the Association for Computing Machinery, 1968-1972, and council member-at-large, 1973.

He was author of numerous articles in professional journals and trade publications on various management and technical topics, and a frequent speaker at technical conferences.


Collection Scope and Content Note

The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, brochures, newspaper clippings, and news releases relating to George Glaser's professional activities. This collection revolves around four professional associations: The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA), the American Federation of information Processing (AFIPS) and International Federation for Information Processing (IFIPS). The collection documents the work of these organizations and their many committees, and the organizational efforts behind several National Computer Conferences

Glaser was instrumental in reshaping the computer conferences into a successful national event for vendors and individuals. Minutes from both ACM and AFIPS include reports and notes that provide extra background to matters under consideration by the respective organizations. The IFIP materials contain annual reports and publications as well as subject files on IFIP committees and congresses.

The bulk of the collection concerns AFIPS and includes information about its administration, the National Joint Computer Conference (1973-1977), committees, board of directors, planning, finances, the International Federation for Information Processing, and Washington activities. Also included are records relating to Glaser's activities as treasurer of the Association for Computing Machinery and a regent of the DPMA Education Foundation.

Glaser used the designation "Chronologicals" for records including correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and other related materials filed in chronological order. ACM Council and Executive Committee records include memoranda, correspondence, minutes, and other records of these bodies.

Correspondents include Walter L. Anderson, Bruce Gilchrist, Anthony Ralston, Robert Rector, Dick B. Simmons, Keith Uncapher, and Stephen S. Yau.

Subject Terms
Index Terms
  • This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.
  • Anderson, Walter L. (Walter Leonard), 1922-
  • Gilchrist, Bruce.
  • Glaser, George
  • Ralston, Anthony.
  • Rector, Robert E.
  • Simmons, Dick B.
  • Uncapher, Keith W.
  • Yau, Stephen Shing-Toung.
  • American Federation of Information Processing Societies.
  • Association for Computing Machinery.
  • Data Processing Management Association. Education Foundation
  • International Federation for Information Processing.
  • National Computer Conference.
  • Computer industry.
  • Electronic data processing--Congresses.
Box and Folder List
 Location  Title
 
ACM Records, 1967-1978 
Box 1
Chronological Records, 1973-1979. Box 1, Folder 1-3
 
Council and Executive Committee minutes, 1967-1972. Box 1, Folder 4-5
 
Council and Executive Committee records, 1973. Box 1, Folder 6
 
Council records, 1972-1973. Box 1, Folder 7
 
Data Base, 1969-1971. Box 1, Folder 8
 
Elections, 1972. Box 1, Folder 9
 
Fiscal year, 1972. Box 1, Folder 10
 
Headquarters newsletter, 1971-1973. Box 1, Folder 11
 
Lectureship roster, 1972-1973. Box 1, Folder 12
 
Long range planning committee, 1974. Box 1, Folder 13
 
Membership, 1970-1971. Box 1, Folder 14
 
Membership statistics, 1971-1972. Box 1, Folder 15
 
Minimum Services, ad hoc committee on, 1972. Box 1, Folder 16
 
Nominating committee, 1975-1978. Box 1, Folder 17-18
 
Ombudsman program, 1972-1975. Box 1, Folder 19
 
Organization and management, 1971-1973. Box 1, Folder 20
 
Personnel policies, 1970-1972. Box 1, Folder 21
 
Press and PR, 1968-1973. Box 2, Folder 1
 
Professional development program, 1968-1973. Box 2, Folder 2
 
Publication board, 1971. Box 2, Folder 3
 
SIG/SIC board (Denning), 1969-1972. Box 2, Folder 4
 
SIGBDP correspondence, 1972-1974. Box 2, Folder 5
 
AFIPS Records, 1960-1980 
Box 4
Abacus mockup, 1977. Box 4, Folder 1
Box 6
Annual report, 1969-1970. Box 6, Folder 1
Box 4
Best practices manual--revisited, 1976-1979. Box 4, Folder 2
 
Brochures, 1960-1972. Box 4, Folder 3-4
 
Correspondence, 1974-1979. Box 4, Folder 13-15
Box 6
Employee benefits, 1975. Box 6, Folder 2
 
Expense approvals, 1974. Box 6, Folder 3
Box 8
Executive Committee: IFIP Congress '83, 1983. Box 8, Folder 35
 
Executive Committee visit to the People's Republic of China, 1980. Box 8, Folder 36
Box 7
Finance, 1975. Box 7, Folder 16-18
Box 6
Financial statements, 1972-1974. Box 6, Folder 4
Box 7
IFIP administrative group, 1967-1975. Box 7, Folder 19
 
IFIP matters as AFIPS president, 1974-1975. Box 7, Folder 22
Box 9
Information Age Commission, 1985-1986. Box 9, Folder 37
 
International Computer Exhibition: AFIPS-Asia, 1985. Box 9, Folder 38
 
International Relations committee, 1980-1988. Box 9, Folder 39-40
Box 7
Minutes, 1972-1973. Box 7, Folder 2
 
Minutes, 1974-1975. Box 7, Folder 3
Box 6
Montvale lease, 1973. Box 6, Folder 8
 
National Computer Week, 1973-1974. Box 6, Folder 9
 
National Copyright Commission, 1973-1975. Box 6, Folder 10
Box 8
Office Automation Conference Issue, 1969-1979. Box 8, Folder 41
Box 4
Personnel survey, 1974. Box 4, Folder 11
 
Policies, 1973. Box 4, Folder 12
Box 5
Press, 1974-1975. Box 5, Folder 26
 
Public information program, 1970-1976. Box 5, Folder 27-29
Box 8
Reports by International Relations committee chairman, 1979-1987. Box 8, Folder 42
 
Reports by U.S. delegate to IFIP General Assembly, 1981-1988. Box 8, Folder 43
Box 6
Washington inaugural, 1975. Box 6, Folder 29
Box 4
Washington office report, 1976. Box 4, Folder 25
Box 5
Wessel opinions, 1972-1975. Box 5, Folder 30
Box 4
White (Tom) paper, 1974. Box 4, Folder 28
 
Committee records, 1967-1982 
Box 5
Admission, 1973-1979. Box 5, Folder 4-5
 
Awards, 1973-1975. Box 5, Folder 6
Box 9
Awards, 1982. Box 9, Folder 34
 
Conferences, 1973-1974. Box 9, Folder 7
 
Constitution and Bylaws, 1973-1975. Box 9, Folder 8-9
 
Education, 1972-1975. Box 9, Folder 10
 
Harry Goode Memorial Award, 1973-1975. Box 9, Folder 11
 
Industry Advisory Panel, 1973-1975. Box 9, Folder 12
 
International Relations, 1973-1975. Box 9, Folder 13
Box 4
Long Range Planning, 1976-1977. Box 4, Folder 10-12
Box 6
Membership, ad hoc (Williams), 1974-1975. Box 6, Folder 5-6
 
Membership, Special, 1975. Box 6, Folder 7
Box 5
NCC, 1973-1976. Box 5, Folder 20-22
Box 4
NCC 1974 correspondence, 1973-1974. Box 4, Folder 18
 
NCC 1974 exhibitor mailing, 1973. Box 4, Folder 19
 
NCC 1974 Computer Educator lawsuit, 1974-1975. Box 4, Folder 20
Box 5
NCC 1975 correspondence, 1974-1975. Box 5, Folder 14-15
 
NCC Bylaws, 1974-1975. Box 5, Folder 17-18
Box 7
NCC DPMA/AFIPS correspondence on NCC agreement, 1973. Box 7, Folder 1-2
Box 4
NCC long range planning, 1967. Box 4, Folder 24
Box 5
NCC long range planning, 1975. Box 5, Folder 19
 
New Activities, 1973-1975. Box 5, Folder 23
 
Nominating, 1972-1975. Box 5, Folder 24
 
Other Committees, 1974 Box 5, Folder 25
Box 6
Privacy, 1974-1975. Box 6, Folder 13-14
 
Professional Standards and Practices, 1973-1974. Box 6, Folder 15
 
Publications, 1973-1975. Box 6, Folder 18
 
Social Implications, 1973-1975. Box 6, Folder 19
 
Statistical Research, 1971-1975. Box 6, Folder 20
 
Washington Activities, 1973-1976. Box 6, Folder 24-29
 
Conferences and workshops, 1969-1977 
Box 5
2nd USA/Japan Computer Conference, 1974-1975. Box 5, Folder 1-3
Box 6
Computer Science and Technology Ethics Workshop, 1976-1977. Box 6, Folder 16
Box 4
FJCC 1971, 1971. Box 4, Folder 16
Box 7
IFIP Congress '74, 1973-1975. Box 7, Folder 20
 
IFIP Congress '77, 1974-1977. Box 7, Folder 21
Box 4
JCC rosters, 1969-1971. Box 4, Folder 8
 
JCC sites & facilities, 1968-1969. Box 4, Folder 9
 
NCC 1973, 1973. Box 4, Folder 17
 
NCC 1974 press, 1974. Box 4, Folder 21
Box 5
NCC 1975 press, 1974-1975. Box 5, Folder 16
Box 7
NCC 1976 Box 7, Folder 7-15
 
NCC 1977 Box 7, Folder 22-23
 
Projects, 1972-1975 
Box 7
History of Computing Project, 1972-1975. Box 7, Folder 3-6
Box 6
Other projects, 1973. Box 6, Folder 19
 
Study of the Profession project, 1973-1974. Box 6, Folder 20
 
Systems Improvement Project, 1974-1975. Box 6, Folder 21-22
 
DPMA-Education Foundation Records, 1974-1978 
Box 7
Articles, philosophy, creed, 1975. Box 7, Folder 29
 
Budget, 1975-1977. Box 7, Folder 28
 
Bylaws, 1977. Box 7, Folder 30
 
Chronological, 1975-1976. Box 7, Folder 35
 
Correspondence, 1977. Box 7, Folder 36
 
Financials 1975-1978. Box 7, Folder 23
 
I/O model project, 1976-1977. Box 7, Folder 33-34
 
Industry workshop, 1976. Box 7, Folder 24-25
 
Minutes, 1974-1978. Box 7, Folder 27
 
Policy, 1977. Box 7, Folder 31
 
Roster, 1974-1978. Box 7, Folder 32
 
IFIP Records, 1977-1989 
Box 8
Activity Development Board, 1988-1989. Box 8, Folder 1
 
Admissions committee, 1982-1989. Box 8, Folder 2
 
Annual reports, 1980-1989. Box 8
 
Anti-Apartheid movement and IFIP Congress '86, 1985-1986. Box 8, Folder 3
 
General Assembly '81: Future Policy committee, 1981. Box 8, Folder 4
 
IAG Review Committee, 1980-1985. Box 8, Folder 5
 
IFIP Congress '65: Working Papers, 1965-1985. Box 8, Folder 6
 
IFIP Congress '77: Organizing committee report, 1977. Box 8, Folder 7
 
IFIP Congress '80: Final reports, 1980. Box 8, Folder 8
 
IFIP Congress '80: Final report of Australian organizing committee, 1980. Box 8, Folder 9
Box 9
IFIP Foundation, 1980-1984. Box 9, Folder 7
Box 8
Information Bulletin, 1989. Box 8, Folder folder
 
Invitation of Soviet scientists to IFIP Congress issue, 1983. Box 9, Folder 8
 
Minutes of the Council and General Assembly Meetings, 1979-1989. 
Box 9
Miscellaneous documents, 1988-1989. Box 9, Folder 9
 
Newsletter, 1981-1983. Box 9, Folder 10
 
Personal/Corporate membership question, 1987-1989. Box 9, Folder 11
 
Restructuring, 1983-1985. Box 9, Folder 23
 
Slide presentation script, circa 1987. Box 9, Folder 24
 
Statutes and Bylaws committee, 1983-1989. Box 9, Folder 25
 
Task force 1, 1981. Box 9, Folder 26
 
Task group on human-computer interaction, 1989. Box 9, Folder 27
 
Technical committee appointments, 1980-1985. Box 9, Folder 28
 
Technical assembly, 1988-1989. Box 9, Folder 29
 
Technical committee 9: computer relationships with society, 1988-1989. Box 9, Folder 30
 
Technical committee 12: artificial intelligence, 1989. Box 9, Folder 31
 
Twenty-fifth anniversary committee, 1985. Box 9, Folder 32
 
Very large data base issue, 1981-1982. Box 9, Folder 33
 
IFIP Congress '83, 1980-1984 
Box 8
Final report: Organizing committee, 1983 Box 8, Folder 10
 
Final status report: U.S. Committee for IFIP Congress '83, 1984. Box 8, Folder 11
 
Working Papers, 1980-1984. Box 8, Folder 12-14
 
IFIP Congress '86, 1984-1986 
Box 8
Final Report: Organizing Committee, 1986. Box 8, Folder 15-16
Box 9
Promotional materials, 1986. Box 9, Folder 1
 
U.S. Committee for Congress '86, 1984-1986. Box 9, Folder 2
 
Working Papers, 1984-1986. Box 9, Folder 3-4
 
IFIP Congress '89, 1984-1989 
Box 9
Promotional Materials, 1989. Box 9, Folder 5
 
Working Papers, 1984-1989. Box 9, Folder 6
 
Related Organizations, 1981-1989 
Box 9
Affiliates, 1986-1988. Box 9, Folder 12
 
International Federation of Operational Research Societies, International  
Box 9
Federation of Automatic Control, and Five International Associations Coordinating Committee, 1982-1989. Box 9, Folder 13
 
International Association for Pattern Recognition, Inc., 1988-1989. Box 9, Folder 14
 
International Medical Informatics Association, 1986-1989. Box 9, Folder 15
 
MedInfo '86, 1981-1986. Box 9, Folder 16
 
South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation, 1985-1987. Box 9, Folder 17
 
SUCESU (Brazil)/IFIP relations, 1983-1986. Box 9, Folder 18
 
World conference on computers in education '85: Brochures, 1985. Box 9, Folder 19
 
World conference on computers in education '85: Preliminary report, 1985. Box 9, Folder 20
 
World conference on computers in education '85: Working papers, 1981-1986. Box 9, Folder 21-22
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