Background
Larson, Harry Thomas was born on October 16, 1921 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Harry Homer and Edna Clara (Petersen) Larson.
electronics engineer executive consultant
Larson, Harry Thomas was born on October 16, 1921 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Harry Homer and Edna Clara (Petersen) Larson.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering summa cum laude, University of California, Berkeley, 1947; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1954.
Computer engineer Institute for Numerical Analysis, National Bureau Standards, Los Angeles, 1949-1951;
member technical staff Advanced Electronics Laboratory, Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1951-1954;
department manager business applications of computers, Ramo-Wooldridge Company, Inglewood, California, 1954-1956;
assistant division director command and control systems Aero. division, Philco-Ford Company, Newport Beach, California, 1956-1968;
assistant division director software and computing center, TRW Systems, Redondo Beach, California, 1968-1969;
director planning, California Computer Products, Anaheim, 1969-1974;
senior scientist, Hughes Aircraft, Fullerton, California, 1978-1987;
president, Larbridge Enterprises Cons., Laguna Hills, California, since 1970. Member Army Science Board, Washington, 1988-1992. Contributed to National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mission Control Center in Houston for Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and shuttle missions, Field Army tactical command and control system, first random accesscomputer memory, early airborne digital computer, first keyboard andcathode ray tube data entry device (terminal), first-of-a-kind applications of computers in banks, factories, pension trust funds, payroll, accounting, truck scheduling, R.R. car routing, car body design and manufacture, automobile assembly plant inventory control, electrical power distribution network, steel hot roll mill, computer programming methodologies (modularization, report generator, table-driven software), foundations for display technical and large screen displays.
Lecturer, organizer, chair conferences, workshops, conference sessions, 1954-1974.
First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1942-1945. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life. Centennial medal); member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (co-fouder, national chairman 1954-1955, chairman Social Implications of Computers, 1956-1970), Society for Information Display, American Federation Information Processing Society (Board of Governors 1956-1960), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu.
Married Merry Evelyn Otteson, December 26, 1956 (divorced December 1975). Children: Kristin Eve Beltz, Margit Merry Mills, Megan Marie Hoyt.