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William Charles ('Bill') Norris
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Peter Eckstein, "William Charles ('Bill') Norris," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 80-86, April-June, 2007.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MAHC.2007.31,
author = {Peter Eckstein},
title = {William Charles ('Bill') Norris},
journal ={IEEE Annals of the History of Computing},
volume = {29},
number = {2},
issn = {1058-6180},
year = {2007},
pages = {80-86},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MAHC.2007.31},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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Peter Eckstein, University of Michigan
Peter Eckstein recounts major biographical events, background influences, education, professional experience, and achievements in the life of Control Data Corp.'s founder William C. Norris.

[1] 80 Willa Norris interview by P. Eckstein, 24 Jan. 1992, East Lansing, Mich., author's personal collection.
[2] William (Wm.) Norris interview by P. Eckstein, 17 Apr. 1992, Bloomington, Minn., author's personal collection.
[3] Wm. Norris interview by P. Eckstein, 7 Oct. 1987, Ann Arbor, Mich., author's personal collection.
[4] Wm. Norris interview by Carol Pine, Jan. 1982, CBI OH 270, Charles Babbage Inst., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 42 pp.
[5] C. Pine and S. Mundale, Self-made: The Stories of 12 Minnesota Entrepreneurs, Dorn Books, 1982, p. 104.
[6] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris: Portrait of a Maverick, Ballinger, 1987, p. 16.
[7] W. Norris, "Business Can Profit by Filling 'Unmet Social Needs,'," U.S. News and World Report,21 Sept. 1981, p. 74, C. Pine, and S. Mundale, Self-made,21 Sept. 1981, p. 102.
[8] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, pp. 16–17.
[9] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, p. 18.
[10] G. Johansen, "Control Data's William C. Norris: From Farm Boy to Computer Giant," Magazine of the Midlands, supplement to The Omaha World-Herald 9 Aug. 1981.
[11] Wm. Norris oral history interview by A.L. Norberg, 28 July 1986 and 1 Oct. 1986, CBI OH 116, Charles Babbage Inst., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, p. 3.
[12] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, pp. 19–21, Wm. Norris, CBI OH 116, pp. 4–8; C. Pine and S. Mundale, Self-made, pp. 104–105.
[13] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, p. 21.
[14] Ibid., pp. 21–22.
[15] Wm. Norris, CBI OH 116, p. 6.
[16] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, The definitive article on ERA is E. Tomash and A.A. Cohen, "The Birth of an ERA: Engineering Research Associates, Inc., 1946–1955, Annals of the History of Computing vol. 1, no. 2, 1979, pp. 83–97.
[17] W.D. Gardner, "CDC's Scrappy Chairman," Datamation, Feb. 1981, pp. 32–36.
[18] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, p. 28.
[19] C. Pine and S. Mundale, Self Made, p. 108.
[20] "Small, Smart, Sharp," Business Week,25 May 1963, pp. 156–158.
[21] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, p. 29.
[22] W.D. Gardner, "CDC's Scrappy Chairman," p. 34.
[23] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, p. 35, 38.
[24] Ibid., pp. 39–40; T.A. Wise, "Control Data's Magnificent Fumble," Fortune, April 1966, p. 260.
[25] "Small, Smart, Sharp," p. 156.
[26] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, D. Seligman, "The Norris Enigma," Fortune, 23 Jan. 1984, p. 191; D.W. Larson, Land of the Giants: A History of Minnesota Business, Dorn Books 1979, pp. 160–161.
[27] M. Cox, "The Computer Comes to the Small Farm," Country Journal, Aug. 1981, pp. 32–36.
[28] R. Nader and W. Taylor, The Big Boys: Power and Position in American Business, Pantheon, 1986, p. 478.
[29] "Small, Smart, Sharp," p. 166.
[30] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, p. 169.
[31] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, p. 7.
[32] W.D. Gardner, "CDC's Scrappy Chairman," p. 32.
[33] Ibid., p. 36.
[34] K. Gullo, "The Long View," Datamation,1 July 1986, p. 92.
[35] R. Nader and W. Taylor, The Big Boys, p. 457, J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, p. 8.
[36] R. Nader and W. Taylor, The Big Boys, p. 458.
[37] G. Harrar, "An Interview: William C. Norris, Control Data's Maverick Chairman," Computerworld,12 Sept. 1983.
[38] M. Cox, "The Computer Comes to the Small Farm," p. 32.
[39] Wm. Norris interview by Carol Pine, Jan. 1982, CBI OH 270, pp. 19–20.
[40] L. Ingrassia, "Far-Out Firm: Seeking to Aid Society, Control Data Takes On Many Novel Ventures," The Wall Street Journal,22 Dec. 1982, p. 10.
[41] D. Seligman, "The Norris Enigma," p. 192.
[42] K.D. Fishman, The Computer Establishment, McGraw-Hill, 1982, pp. 204–205.
[43] Time, "Personalities,"1 Nov. 1963, p. 100.
[44] W.D. Gardner, "CDC's Scrappy Chairman," p. 36.
[45] K. Gullo, "The Long View," p. 91.
[46] Wm. Norris CBI OH 270, p. 35.
[47] L. Ingrassia, "Far-Out Firm," p. 1.
[48] R. Nader and W. Taylor, The Big Boys, p. 459.
[49] Norris interview with Jeannye Thornton of US News & World Report, Minneapolis, 14 May 1984, CBI, p. 3.
[50] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, pp. 157–159, R. Nader, and W. Taylor, The Big Boys, p. 453.
[51] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, pp. 87–88.
[52] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, J. Dubashi, "The Do-Gooder," Financial World,27 June 1989, p. 70.
[53] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, p. 56.
[54] R. Nader and W. Taylor, The Big Boys, p. 459, 487.
[55] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, p. 10.
[56] J. Fucini and S. Fucini, "William C. Norris (1911–): Control Data Corporation," Experience, Inc.: Men and Women who Founded Famous Companies after the Age of 40, The Free Press, 1987, p. 118.
[57] J.C. Worthy, William C. Norris, pp. 12–14.
[58] E.J. Savitz, "The Vision Thing: Control Data Abandons It for the Bottom Line," Barron's,1 May 1990, pp. 22–24.
[59] L.M. Fisher, "Control Data to Separate Into Two Companies," The New York Times,28 May 1992, p. C5.
[60] D. Peters, "Ever-Active Norris Pursues Ideas, Pet Projects," St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch,16 Mar. 1987, p. 1.
[61] "William C. Norris: Stands by his Social Agenda for the Future," Electronic Business,11 Dec. 1989, pp. 120–121.

Index Terms:
biography, CDC, Control Data Corp., Engineering Research Associates, William C. Norris
Citation:
Peter Eckstein, "William Charles ('Bill') Norris," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 80-86, Apr.-June 2007, doi:10.1109/MAHC.2007.31
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