Frank T. Cary

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Frank T. Cary, CEO of International Business Machines from 1973-1981, set the course of personal computer industry with its development of a PC more popular than most of its competitors. He was a leader in rallying US companies to support racial affirmative action at home and oppose apartheid in South Africa.

Author: Dugan, Kieran
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
Electronic computers, Norway, Computer industry, Microcomputer industry, Cary, Frank T., International Business Machines A/S

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Jay D. Hair

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Jay D., a zoologist, conservationist passed away on November 15, 2002. He was also a university professor and an organization official who became president and chief executive officer of the National Wildlife Federation in 1981.

Author: Dugan, Kieran
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2003
Zoologists, Hair, Jay D.

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Edward Beach, April 20, 1918-December 1, 2002

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Edward Beach, U.S. Navy captain commanded the nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton in her voyage around the world. As an author he was known for his best selling novel 'Run Silent, Run Deep' (1955).

Author: Dugan, Kieran
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2003
National Security, Dept of the Navy, US Navy, United States. Navy, Beach, Edward

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Subjects list: Obituary, Officials and employees, United States
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