Background
Phister, Montgomery was born on February 26, 1926 in San Pedro, California, United States. Son of Montgomery and Helga Laurena (Winther) Phister.
(New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1958. First Edition an...)
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1958. First Edition and First Printing. Octavo, illustrated dust jacket, medium green cloth boards with gilt and black imprinting on cover and spine, xvi + 408 pp. A Fine, handsome book showing only a micro-push at spine bottom and very faint corner touching; not even any interior writing, which tends to be all too frequently found in such books; dustjacket is Near Fine, primarily showing only moderate roughening at spine ends and lower right of front cover, and is not price-clipped, bearing the original $10.50 1958 price. Please see scans. A very early look at the title topic; destined to become a costly collectible before long. .L-37n
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Phister, Montgomery was born on February 26, 1926 in San Pedro, California, United States. Son of Montgomery and Helga Laurena (Winther) Phister.
Student, Stanford University, 1943-1944; Bachelor of Science, Stanford University, 1949; Master of Science, Stanford University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge (England) University, 1953.
Member technical staff, Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1953-1955; director engineering, TRW Products Company, Los Angeles, 1955-1960; vice president engineering, Scantlin Electronics Inc. (later Quotron Systems), Los Angeles, 1960-1966; vice president development, Xerox Data Systems, Los Angeles, 1966-1972; private practice consultant, writer, Santa Fe, since 1972. Instructor University of California at Los Angeles, 1954-1964, Harvard University, 1974, U. Sydney, Australia, 1975.
(An introduction to techniques and their proctical applica...)
(New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1958. First Edition an...)
Served with United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member Association for Computing Machinery.
Married Melinda Miles, March 29, 1974. Children— Montgomery, Julia Elizabeth, Roger Benjamin.