1 / 11

Margaret R. Fox Career and Achievement in Information Technology

Explore the career and achievements of Margaret R Fox, an influential figure in the field of Information Technology. Learn about her background, education, contributions, and the future of the industry.

palma
Download Presentation

Margaret R. Fox Career and Achievement in Information Technology

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Harouna Lam ITEC 495 Assignment 1-4-2 Margaret R. FoxCareer and Achievement in Information Technology

  2. Tables of contents of the presentationMargaret R. Fox • Career and achievement • Background • Education • Contributions • Gestalt • Future of Information Technology

  3. Background of Magaret R. Fox • Born in 1916 • Nationality – American citizen • Involved in producing and reviewing bibliographies • Joined army Naval Reserve in 1943.

  4. Education • Study Physic and Math. • Graduated with a bachelor in English. • At Wisconsin College State in 1940. • Worked as electronic engineer in radar in Naval Reserve.

  5. Contributions • Produced reviews and bibliographies. • Joined Association for Computing Machinery • She founded American Federation for Information Processing Societies.

  6. Contribution (Continued) • Joined National Institute of Standards and Technology. • She helped the nation technological progress. • Keep track of much of the paperwork for that first big computer project. • Acting as chief Office of Computer Information in the National Bureau of Standards Institute for Computer Science and Technology.(NBSICST).

  7. Margaret R. Fox and Gestalt • She contributed “gestalt” in nature by: • She was able to inform people about UNIVAC. • She documented and recording biggest moment in computing history. • Handled much of the contract from the Bureau of Census for the first UNIVAC computer with Eckert-Mauchly Computer.

  8. Prediction Without Margaret R. Fox contribution, no one would knownabout UNIVAC. She kept documentation and records of the most historic moments in computing. She produced reviews and bibliographies. She helped to document many major industry accomplishment.

  9. Summary Margaret R. Fox was born in 1916. Graduated in 1940 in Wisconsin College State. She work as electronic engineer in radar as naval reserved . She joined ACM and founded American Federation for Information Processing Societies. Her biggest accomplishment to document and record history of the biggest movements in computing history.

  10. References: Magaret R.F.(2010).SmartComputing. Retrieved on Saturday May 15, 2010, from websitehttp://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/dictionary/detail.asp?guid=&searchtype=1&DicID=18118&RefType=Encyclopedia Fisher, Walter C. to Fox, Margaret R.(2002, May). SmartComputing. Retrieved on Saturday May 15,2010,from website http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/r0605/28r05/28r05.asp&guid= Pioneering women in computing Technology(2010).Retrieved on Saturday May 15, 2010, from websitehttp://women.cs.cmu.edu/ada/Resources/Women/

More Related