Snyder, Frank Gerald (Jerry) oral history
Jerry Snyder trained in electronics in the US Navy during WWII and found a rewarding career designing small computer systems for the next four decades. Most of Snyder’s employment was with companies serving the US military and defense establishment. His first position was with Northrop, working on the Snark missile program, on that system’s guidance mechanisms. He then worked designing mostly special-purpose computers for a succession of companies including ALWAC, Ramo-Woolridge, RCA, Lockheed and Litton and Teledyne. He offers a perspective on the changes in component technologies and systems over his long career.
Item Details
- Date
- 2015-11-16 (Made)
- Type
- Document
- Catalogue number
- 102738015
- Organization
- Computer History Museum (Publisher)
- People
- Jerry Snyder (Interviewee)
Dag Spicer (Interviewer) - Category
- Transcript
- Format
- Credit line
- Gift of Jerry Snyder
- Place of publication
- USA/CA/Mountain View
- Language
- English
- Acquisition number
- X7682.2016
- Subject
- Teledyne, US Air Force, UCLA, Ramo-Wooldridge, RCA
- Archive collection
- CHM Oral History collection
- Archive hierarchy
- Oral History collection