Background
Harrison, Michael Alexander was born on April 11, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Milton Harrison and Mamie May (Gross) Barron.
Harrison, Michael Alexander was born on April 11, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Milton Harrison and Mamie May (Gross) Barron.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Case Institute, 1958; Master of Science, Case Institute, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1963.
From assistant to associate professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1963-1966;
professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1971-1994;
professor Graduate School, professor emeritus, since 1994;
founder, Gain Technology, Palo Alto, California, 1989-1992;
also Chairman, Board Of Directors, Gain Technology, Palo Alto, California. Consultant inf field, since 1965. Visiting professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1969-1970, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1969-1970, U. Franfurt, Germany, 1980, Stanford University, Palo Alto, 1982.
Member panel Japanese Technological Assessment Department Commerce, 1983-1985. Member Executive Committee CS Net. University Consortium in Atmospheric Research,1983-1985.
Member external advising committee division computing information and communications Los Alamos National laboratories, since 1994, chairman, since 1996. With visiting committee School Engineering Case-Western Reserve University, since 1994. Board directors InRef., Inc.
(Advanced Software Applications in Japan)
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Board directors Charles Babbage Institute, 1984-1986. Trustee Charles Babbage Foundation, 1984-1986, San Francisco Opera Company, since 1996. President Michael A. Harrison & Susan Graham Harrison Foundation, since 1994.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Federation Information Processing Societies (director, member executive com 1982-1986), National Resource Council (member computer science technical committee 1980-1984, chairman international developers in microelectronics and computer science, 1983-1984), Association Computing Machinery (member council 1978-1982, 86-88, vice president 1982-1984, chairman SIGACT 1973-1977, chairman board SIG 78-80, member Turing Award committee 1977-1981, chairman 1980, chairman board Extension Activities 1986-1988, national lecturer 1989-1990), Band Angels, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi.
Married Evalee Solomon, August 23, 1959 (divorced July 1971). 1 child, Craig; married Susan Lois Graham, October 16, 1971.