Background
Galler, Bernard Aaron was born on October 3, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Morris and Pearl (Dudnick) Galler.
mathematician computer scientist
Galler, Bernard Aaron was born on October 3, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Morris and Pearl (Dudnick) Galler.
Bachelor of Philosophy in Liberal Arts, University of Chicago, 1946; Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, University of Chicago, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, University of Chicago, 1955; Master of Arts in Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1949.
In mathematics at the University of Chicago (1947), followed by a Master of Science He joined the mathematics department at the University of Michigan (1955) where he taught the first programming course (1956) using an International Business Machines Corporation 704. Galler helped to develop the computer language called the Michigan Algorithm Decoder (since 1959) in use at several universities.
He formed the Communication Sciences department (1965), renamed Computer Sciences (CS), which became the Computer and Communications (CCS) department (1984), and Computer Science Department in the 70s, from which he retired in 1994.
His class developed the realtime course scheduling program called Computer Registration Involving Student Participation (CRISP) which allowed students to register for courses without waiting in long lines. The University used the CRISP application for over fifteen years.
From 1968 to 1970, Professor Galler was the President of the Association for Computing Machinery (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)).
In 1994 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
He was the founding editor of the journal Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Annals of the History of Computing (1979-1987). He was also the President of the Software Patent Institute (1992). Foreign fifteen years, he served as an expert witness in numerous important legal cases around the country involving computer software issues.
He died from pulmonary embolism.
The Galler Fellowship Fund has been established at the University of Michigan Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to "attract and support outstanding graduate students pursuing an advanced degree in computer science.".
He was president of the Orchestra Board at the University of Michigan and a member of the Ann Arbor chapter of Rotary International.
Married Enid Louise Harris, January 14, 1951. Children: Bruce, Elaine, Glenn, Marilyn.
