Artifact Details

Title

IBM - Rey Johnson receiving Medal of Technology

Catalog Number

102672454

Type

Still image

Description

B&W image of Rey Johnson receiving Medal of Technology from President Ronald Regan.
Citation: Introduction and development of magnetic disk storage for computers that provided access to virtually unlimited amounts of information in fractions of a second and is the basis for time sharing systems and storage of millions of records. Over $10 billion in annual sales and over 100,00 jobs arose fom his contributions.
Note: Accession # X3312.2006

Dimensions

overall: 8 in x 10 in

Category

Photograph

Credit

Courtesy of Gwen Bell

Lot Number

X7413.2015