Bob Bemer
Robert "Bob" William Bemer (born February 8, 1920 in Sault Ste. Marie , Michigan ; † June 22, 2004 ) was an American computer pioneer . He is one of the "fathers" of the ASCII standard.
Life
After graduating from Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills , Bob Bemer studied engineering at a private college in Michigan and graduated as an aircraft engineer. He found his first job at the aircraft manufacturer Douglas , where he worked as a designer.
Bemers programmer career began in 1949. After joining Lockheed from 1952 to 1957, where he for mathematical analysis of wings and airfoils researched, found Bemer a job at IBM . There he was responsible for programming standards until 1965. He developed COMTRAN , a forerunner of COBOL : He represented IBM's interests in the development of the ASCII code by the American Standards Association . He suggested including the escape key Esc , the curly brackets ("{", "}") and the backslash ("\") from the "extended character set" IBM from 1960.
In 1958, Bemer, who was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (" Mormons "), began digitizing extensive genealogical data for his church , which is very active in this field , which led him to the problem of the two-digit year numbers ( year 2000 Problem ). In 1971 he published the first warnings.
After several positions, including for General Electric and Honeywell , Bob Bemer founded BMRSoftware and Bigisoft in 1997 , which also developed solutions for the year 2000 problem.
In 2002 he received the Computer Pioneer Award .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bemer, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bemer, Robert William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American computer pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sault Ste. Marie , Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 2004 |