Emerson W. Pugh | |
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| Born | May 1, 1929 Pasadena, California, United States |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Tech |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computing |
| Institutions | Carnegie Tech IBM |
Emerson W. Pugh (born May 1, 1929) is an American research engineer and scientist, whose career at US corporation IBM spanned several decades and resulted in significant technological advances. He was a leader in magnetic and computer memory technologies and author of several books, including college-level physics textbooks and the history of IBM. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was President of IEEE in 1989.