Background
Sussenguth, Edward Henry was born on October 10, 1932 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward Henry and Mary Frances (Murphy) Sussenguth.
Sussenguth, Edward Henry was born on October 10, 1932 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward Henry and Mary Frances (Murphy) Sussenguth.
Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts Sussenguth received his Bachelor in 1954 from Harvard University and his Master of Arts in Electrical Engineering in 1959 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1964 from Harvard.
He was also a contributor to the architecture of International Business Machines Corporation"s Advanced Computer System (American College of Surgeons) system. After he served at the United States Navy as officer in the Pacific Fleet, Sussenguth joined International Business Machines Corporation in 1959. Sussenguth started in 1959 in the Research Division in the development of formal language descriptions.
In 1965 he joined the Advanced Computing Systems project to work on high performance computers.
In 1970 he became Director of Architecture and Planning in the new Communications Systems Division, where he turned his attention to networking and high speed communications. In the last year before his retirement in 1990, he was appointed first President of the International Business Machines Corporation Academy of Technology, which he held for a year.
Sussenguth had been advisor to the National Bureau of Standards and Visiting Professor at some universities.
Board directors Wake County Hospital System, Raleigh, 1985-1996. Served to lieutenant United States Navy, 1954-1957. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Simon Ramo medal, 1989).
Member National Academy of Engineering, Association Computing Machinery, Sigma Xi Clubs: MacGregor Downs Country (Cary, North Carolina) (governor 1980-1985), Amelia Island.
Married Ann Paula Coughlin, January 31, 1959. Children– Edward Henry III, John Andrew.