Background
Amdahl, Gene Myron was born on November 16, 1922 in Flandreau, South Dakota, United States. Son of Anton E. and Inga (Brendsel) Amdahl.
Amdahl, Gene Myron was born on November 16, 1922 in Flandreau, South Dakota, United States. Son of Anton E. and Inga (Brendsel) Amdahl.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, South Dakota State University, 1948. Doctor of Engineering (honorary), South Dakota State University, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics, University Wisconsin, 1952.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Wisconsin, 1979. Honorary Doctor of Science, Luther College, 1980. Honorary Doctor of Science, Augustana College, 1984.
Project manager, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1952-1955; group head, Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation, Los Angeles, 1956; manager systems design, Aeronutronics, Los Angeles, 1956-1960; manager systems design advanced data processing systems, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, New York City manager systems design advanced data processing systems, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Los Gatos, California manager systems design advanced data processing systems, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Menlo Park, California, 1960-1970; founder, chairman, Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, California, 1970-1980; founder, chief Executive officer, Trilogy Systems Corporation, Cupertino, California, 1980-1987; Chairman of the Board, Elxsi (name changed from Trilogy Systems Corporation), San Jose, California, 1987-1989; founder, president, Chief Executive Officer, Andor International Ltd., Cupertino, 1987-1994; also board directors, Andor International Ltd., Cupertino founder, chairman, Commercial Data Servers, Mountain View, California, 1994-1998; retired, Commercial Data Servers, Mountain View, California, 1998.
With United States Navy, 1942-1944. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, British Computer Society (distinguished), Computer Museum, National Academy of Engineering. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (professional group W.W. McDowell award 1976, Association Computing Machinery/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Eckert-Mauchly award, 1987, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Entrepreneur award, 1989), Quadrato della Radio, Pontecchio Marcon, Eta Kappa Nu (eminent member).
Married Marian Quissell, June 23, 1946. Children: Carlton Gene, Beth Delaine, Andrea Leigh.