Title:

Senior Vice President for Science & Technology

Affiliation:

IBM Corporation

Armonk,New York 10504 USA

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Mathematics and Computer Science

Award Year:

1988

Citation:

"For his scientific contributions to the mathematics of discrete optimization and its far-reaching influence on information processing; for bringing to a leading position one of industry's most sigificant research establishments; and for his contributions to public and private scientific enterprise."

Presented by President Reagan in a White House ceremony on July 15, 1988.