Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Annual Meeting interview: August 30, 1967
Issac Auerbach, Bruce Gilchrist, Sam Alexander, Bruce Schoonover, George R. Stibitz, Richard L. Bloch, John W. Mauchly, Herman H. Goldstine, Edward Cannon, Maurice Wilkes, Grace Murray Hopper, Jay W. Forrester, Arnold A. Cohen, Elaine Andrews, Ed Berkley, Leslie Simon, Donald Eckdhal, Herb Grosch, Henry Polachek, R Turner · 1999
This was a panel discussion given at the annual meeting of the Association for Computing Machinery entitled In the Beginning, Reminiscences of the Creators. Several individuals participated in this discussion: Issac Auerbach, Bruce Gilchrist, Sam Alexander, Bruce Schoonover, George Stibitz, Richard Bloch, John Mauchly, Herman Goldstine, Edward Cannon, Maurice Wilkes, Grace Hopper, Jay Forrester, Arnold A. Cohen, E.G. Andrews, Ed Berkley, Leslie Simon, Donald Eckdhal, Herb Grosch, Henry Polachek, Richard Turner, Jan Rajchman, Jerry Haddard, Betty Holberton, and Arthur Burks. Gilchrist opens the discussion with the presentation of the 1967 Harry Good Memorial Award to Sam Alexander. Auerbach sets the ground rules for the panel discussion and provides background as to why they are doing it. Each panel member comments about the era with which he or she is most familiar and provide some personal comments.