No. 678 Barry Wessler, 2012

File — Box: 70, Folder: 5

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Scope and Contents

Dr. Barry Wessler, a pillar of the telecommunications and supercomputing community, talks about his career in information technology. With a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from MIT, he worked for three years at ARPA, before coming to the University of Utah for his PhD in computer science. Dr. Wessler’s work at ARPA was in the Information Processing Techniques Office. After completing his degree at the University of Utah and creating the groundbreaking animated film “Not Just Reality,” he joined Telnet Communications Corporation. Dr. Wessler holds a patent in network base disc redundancy storage system and method, but deemphasizes the patent’s importance. He prefers to focus on the collegial atmosphere at the University of Utah and credits it with his success.
Project: University of Utah Oral History Project.
Interviewer: Anne P. Peterson.

Dates

2012

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