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American computer engineer (1934-2024)

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Chester Gordon Bell was an American electrical engineer and manager. An early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), from 1960 to 1966, Bell designed several of their PDP machines and later served as the company's Vice President of Engineering from 1972 to 1983, overseeing development of the VAX computer...

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2014Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award
2009Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
1994ACM Fellow
1992IEEE John von Neumann Medal
1991National Medal of Technology and Innovation
1982Eckert-Mauchly Award
1975W. Wallace McDowell Award
1974IEEE Fellow
Computer History Museum Fellow
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Chester Gordon Bell was an American electrical engineer and manager. An early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), from 1960 to 1966, Bell designed several of their PDP machines and later served as the company's Vice President of Engineering from 1972 to 1983, overseeing development of the VAX computer systems. Bell's later career included roles as an entrepreneur, investor, founding Assistant Director of NSF's Computing and Information Science and Engineering Directorate from 1986 to 1987, and researcher emeritus at Microsoft Research from 1995 to 2015.

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Lived 1934 to 2024 · aged 89
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