Background
Braun, Edward Louis was born on February 18, 1925 in Braddock, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Morris and Malvina Braun.
writer computer systems engineer
Braun, Edward Louis was born on February 18, 1925 in Braddock, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Morris and Malvina Braun.
Bachelor in Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1947. Master of Science in Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1954. Master of Arts in Psychology, Loyola University, Los Angeles, 1981.
Mechanical and Materials Engineering in Manufacturing Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1997.
Research engineer Northrop Aircraft Corporation, Los Angeles, 1947—1952. Senior system engineer Librascope, Inc., Glendale, 1952—1955. Assistant to director and head computation lab Lockheed Missile Division, Van Nuys, 1955—1956.
Head data processing, communications system Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, 1957—1958. Project manager Litton Industries, Beverly Hills, 1958—1959. Director engineering Information Systems, Inc., Los Angeles, 1959—1961.
Program manager computer system The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, 1961—1969. Director office of computer management and chairman computer steering committee Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1970—1973. Associate dean office of chancellor California State Universities, Los Angeles, 1974—1977.
Manager engineering information services Bechtel Corporation, Norwalk, 1981—1982. Manager project engineers Teledyne Controls, Inc., Los Angeles, 1987—1988. Consultant computer system Advanced Finance Systems, 1978—1980, 1989—1995.
Consultant Finance Transaction Systems, since 1995. Consultant, West Coast Computer Committee Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1964—1969, chairman national conference on information processing system design, 1965, speaker social implications of computers with, National Conference, 68. Co-chairman symposium on time sharing AFIPS Fall Joint Computer Conference, 1965.
Referee AFIPS National Conference, 1969. Computer technical consultant in field. With United States Navy, 1944-1946, PTO.
Member of Sigma Xi.
Married Lorraine Balshan Braun (divorced). 1 child Geffrey W.