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About Robert L. Glass

Daniel Read — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:52:34 -0800

Robert L. Glass (Bob) has meandered the halls of computing for over 50 years now, starting with a three-year gig in the aerospace industry (at North American Aviation) in 1954-1957, which makes him one of the true pioneers of the software field.

That stay at North American extended into several other aerospace appearances (at Aerojet-General Corp., 1957-1965) and the Boeing Company, 1965-1970 and 1972-1982). His role was largely that of building software tools used by applications specialists. It was an exciting time to be part of the aerospace business - those were the heady days of Space Exploration, after all - but it was an even headier time to be part of the Computing Field. Progress in both fields was rapid, and the vistas were extraterrestrial!

Robert L. Glass Web Links

Daniel Read — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:58:16 -0800

Biographical

A Day in the Life of Robert Glass - an old biographical feature archived on the ACM web site.

ACM Fellow Award Citation - "For distinguished contributions to practical software engineering through writing and speaking in language and action bridging the interests of academia and industry."

Citations on the ACM Portal

Current Robert L. Glass Books, Projects, and News

Daniel Read — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:37:37 -0800

Who is Robert L. Glass?

Robert L. Glass held his first job in computing in 1954. Author of over 25 books, he is one of the true pioneers of the software field. He is the editor and publisher of The Software Practitioner, and also writes regular columns for Communications of the ACM and IEEE Software. In 1995 he was awarded an honorary Ph.D. from Linkoping University of Sweden, and in 1999 he was named a Fellow of the ACM professional society. Robert Glass is currently serving as a visiting professor at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia.