Jerrier A. Haddad

{{Infobox writer

| name = Jerrier A. Haddad

| image = Jerrier A Haddad.png

| caption = Jerry Haddad

| birth_date = July 17, 1922

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{nowrap| {{death date and age|2017|03|31|1922|7|17}} }}

| death_place = Tupper Lake, U.S.

| occupation = Computer engineer

| parents = Abd al-Masih Haddad
Rashida Helen Shaker

| relatives = Nadra Haddad (uncle)

| spouse = Margaret Van Hamlin Haddad

| children = 5

| alma_mater = Cornell University

}}

Jerrier A. "Jerry"{{cite book|last1=Lee|first1=John A. N.|title=International Biographical Dictionary of Computer Pioneers|date=1995|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781884964473|pages=355–357|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ocx4Jc12mkgC&pg=PA355|access-date=January 7, 2016|language=en}} Haddad (July 17, 1922 – March 31, 2017) was an American pioneer computer engineer who was the co-developer and designer of the IBM 701 series which was IBM's first commercial scientific computer and its first mass-produced mainframe computer.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=March 7, 2012|title=The IBM 700 Series: Computing Comes to Business|url=https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/ibm700series/transform/|access-date=|website=IBM}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=April 5, 2017|title=In Memorian. Jerrier Haddad: An Appreciation|url=https://www.ibm.com/blogs/think/2017/04/ibm-appreciation/|access-date=|website=IBM}}

The IBM 701 started the line of IBM 700/7000 series which were responsible for bringing electronic computing to the world and for IBM's dominance in the mainframe computer market during the 1960s and 1970s that continues today.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=March 7, 2012|title=The IBM 700 Series: Computing Comes to Business|url=https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/ibm700series/transform/|access-date=|website=IBM.com}} The lower-cost general-purpose version of the IBM 701 was the famous IBM 650, which became the first mass-produced computer in the world.{{Cite book|last=Pichler|first=Franz|date=January 25, 2018|title=Computer Aided Systems Theory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OxxJDwAAQBAJ&q=IBM+650+jerrier+haddad&pg=PA60|access-date=|page=60|publisher=Springer |isbn=9783319747187}}

Haddad was responsible for engineering and both system and circuit-level design, and managed the approximately 200 engineers involved. In 1984, along with Nathaniel Rochester, he received the Computer Pioneer Award.

Haddad was also the co-developer of the IBM 604, the world's first mass-produced programmable electronic calculator, along with Ralph Palmer.

He was a fellow of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was a member of the National Academy of Engineering.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibm.com/blogs/think/2017/04/ibm-appreciation/|title=Jerrier A. Haddad: An Appreciation|date=5 April 2017|publisher=ibm.com|work=THINK Blog|access-date=6 April 2017}}

Biography

Haddad was born in New York City, to a family of Syrian and Lebanese origin, his father was the writer and journalist Abd al-Masih Haddad.{{Cite web|title=Obituary of Jerrier A. Haddad {{!}} Tupper Lake|url=https://fraryfuneralhomes.com/tribute/details/4277/Jerrier-Haddad/obituary.html|access-date=2021-03-27|website=fraryfuneralhomes.com|language=en-US}}{{Cite book|last=Publications|first=Publitec|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHCQBAFMwawC&q=Abdulmassih+Abdo+Haddad+founder&pg=PA349|title=Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008|date=2011-12-22|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-093004-7|language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2003-06-16 |title=Paid Notice: Deaths ABDELNOUR, LILA HELEN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/16/classified/paid-notice-deaths-abdelnour-lila-helen.html |access-date=2024-03-03 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |date=1974-09-08 |title=J. A. Haddad Weds Carol J. McCowen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/08/archives/j-a-haddad-weds-carol-j-mccowen.html |access-date=2024-03-03 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite book|last=Rajaraman|first=V.|date=2024|title=Anecdotes from the History of Modern Computing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pzIQEQAAQBAJ|location=|publisher=PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.|page=32|isbn=9788119364961}} He received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, Cornell University, 1945. He studied in the Advanced Business Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1958. Haddad lived in Briarcliff Manor, New York, with his wife and five children.{{cite web|title=Jerrier A. Haddad|publisher=The Journal News, Legacy.com|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lohud/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=185049173|date=April 12, 2017|access-date=April 30, 2017}}

Haddad was the co-developer of the IBM 604, the world's first mass-produced programmable electronic calculator, and jointly directed the IBM 701 electronic defense calculator program with Nathaniel Rochester.IBM Archives, [https://web.archive.org/web/20041228004544/http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/701/701_intro.html "A Notable First: The IBM 701"], IBM Archives Exhibits Haddad was the vice president of technical personnel development when he retired from IBM in 1981. Haddad held 18 patents for inventions in the computer and electronics fields.

File:Haddad and Watson Sr..pngHonors and Awards:

Member, National Academy of Engineering, 1968National Academy of Engineering (1971). "The National Academy of Engineering: The First Ten Years", ''National Acedemies'NAE Members Directory, [http://www.nae.edu/29283.aspx "Mr. Jerrier A. Haddad"], Member 1968.
Recipient, Order of the Cedars Medal, Lebanon, 1970
Honorary Doctorate of Sciences, Union College, 1971
Honorary Doctorate of Sciences, Clarkson College, 1978
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ([https://web.archive.org/web/19970225054353/http://www.ieee.org/index.html IEEE]) Computer Pioneer Award, 1984IEEE Computer Society [http://www.computer.org/portal/web/awards/cp-haddad "Computer Pioneer Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726183129/http://www.computer.org/portal/web/awards/cp-haddad |date=2014-07-26 }}, past recipients, 1984.
Fellow, IEEE
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

References

External links

[https://ethw.org/Archives:The_Computer_Pioneers:_The_Development_of_the_IBM_701 The Computer Pioneers: The Development of the IBM 701]. Segment 1–5. July 12, 1983. Jerrier Haddad, Clarence Frizzell, Nathan Rochester, and Richard Whalen

Category:1922 births

Category:2017 deaths

Category:Engineers from New York (state)

Category:Cornell University College of Engineering alumni

Category:Fellows of the IEEE

Category:Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Category:American people of Syrian descent

Category:People from Briarcliff Manor, New York