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BOB OVERTON EVANS
Pages 80-83

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... Bob Evans and the other 701 engineers did the logic designs involved in implementation of the changes. The market size estimation for the IBM 704 was 32, but the actual number sold was 140, so it was a remarkably profitable program!
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... In 1957 he was systems manager of Navy Development, Data Processing Division, where he led the development of special electronic computers for NSA, including SLED II, IBM's first large-scale transistorized computer, and other classified projects. In 1959 he was systems manager of intermediate systems and developed the IBM 7070 in the Data Processing Division.
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... Armstrong Achievement Award in 1984 from the IEEE Communications Society, and in 1985 President Ronald Reagan presented him with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation for his work on IBM's System 360. I thought Bob had the most fantastic memory of any person I have known and felt that he related all previous experience to any new circumstance immediately!
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