Ron Henry:  

CLASS OF 1957
Ron Henry's Classmates® Profile Photo
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN
Paris, IL
Danville, IL
Minneapolis, MN

Ron's Story

Life After having worked in the Computer Software Development Industry since college, I am now developing and managing numerous Web Sites reaching into other entreprenurial areas. Although I have travelled extensively (49 States and over 100 countries), I have lived within a couple of miles of 43rd and Upton since 1950. I have two children, four grandchildren and one hale and hearty parent, all of whom live locally. 1953-2002 Software developer, author, instructor, tester and executive 1955 Developer of early computer assembler 1955 Developer of first commercial use of computers 1958-1965 Co-developer of early compilers 1959-1965 Co-developer of early operating systems 1962-1995 conducted computer science seminars in over 30 states and over 100 countries 1962 Co-developer of early data base management system 1962 Developer of inertial guidance system for Scott Carpenter 1962 author, Documentation & Debugging 1963 developer of early accounting system (think QUICKBOOKS) 1963-1966 Co-Developer of early artificial intelligence system to assign ZIP codes to mailing lists 1964-1966 Co-Developer of Transportation Planning System 1964-1982 Co-developed world's largest and fastest linear programming systems 1964 Developer of early test scoring system (MMPI, SAT et al..) 1965 Co-developer of early software librarian 1966-1969 charter member of MACRO, Control Data group of "outstanding" software developers 1966-1970 Co-Arch...Expand for more
itect of modal splits (freeway/public transit) in Minneapolis, Detroit, Cleveland, San Francisco and Sydney. 1966 Co-architect of Cybernet, forerunner of the Internet linking supercomputers placed around the world 1966-1975 Helped develop supercomputer centers and Cybernet links in New York, Houston, Kansas City, San Francisco, London, Paris, Munich, Sydney, Hong Kong, Budapest, Johannesburg, Ljubljana, Kuwait, Bangkok, Bombay. 1966 earned Certified Data Professional (CDP) designation 1966 Co-Developer, early Virtual Memory System 1966 Author, poem The Ghetto, the File and the A Register 1967 Charter member of Metropolitan Council (Minneapolis/St Paul) 1967 Charter member, Society of Certified Data Professionals 1968 Developer of first spreadsheet package 1968 author, International Telecomputng Systems 1968 Co-developer Civil Engineering system 1971 developed automated income tax system (think TurboTax) 1972 author,Advanced Programming Techniques 1972 author, Documentation Standards 1973 Wrote first programmed instruction manual 1975 Wrote software specifications standard for the Department of Defense 1975 author, Relational Data Bases 1975 author, Structured Programming 1984 Developed automated software testing system 1988-1989 Project manager of the development of a real time accounting system tying together dozens of offices (pre-Internet) 1989-1991 Director of development of data gathering system for STAR WARS
Register for Free to view all details!
Reunions
Ron was invited to the
8262 invitees
Ron was invited to the
8261 invitees
Ron was invited to the
8259 invitees
Register for Free to view all events!

Photos

Ron Henry's Classmates profile album

Ron Henry is on Classmates.

Register for free to join them.
Oops! Please select your school.
Oops! Please select your graduation year.
First name, please!
Last name, please!
Create your password

Please enter 6-20 characters

show passwordhide password
Your password should be between 6 and 20 characters long. Only English letters, numbers, and these characters !@#$%^&* may be used in your password. Please remove any symbols or special characters.
show passwordhide password
Passwords do not match!

*Required

By clicking Submit, you agree to the Classmates TERMS OF SERVICE and PRIVACY POLICY.

Oops an error occurred.