George Radin

{{Short description|American computer scientist}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|01|22}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|05|21|1931|01|22}}

| death_place = Agawam, Massachusetts

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• IBM

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• Brooklyn College
• Columbia University
• City University of New York

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• PL/I
• OS/360
• TSS/360

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• IBM Fellow

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George Radin (January 22, 1931 – May 21, 2013) was an American computer scientist. He gained his BA in English Literature from Brooklyn College in 1951, followed by an MA from Columbia University in 1952 and an MSc in mathematics from City University of New York in 1961.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=164993499|title=George Radin Obituary|date=26 May 2013|work=New York Times|accessdate=8 February 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060054/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=164993499|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://computer.org/computer-pioneers/radin.html|title=Computer Pioneers - George Radin|publisher=Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|accessdate=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222054223/http://computer.org/computer-pioneers/radin.html|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}} In 1963 he got a job with the IBM Advanced Computer Utilization Department, where he helped develop the PL/I programming language and design the OS/360 and TSS/360 systems. In 1980, he was appointed an IBM Fellow.