IBM Fellow

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An IBM Fellow is an appointed position at IBM made by IBM’s CEO. Typically only 4 to 9 IBM Fellows are appointed each year in May or June. It is the highest honor a scientist, engineer, or programmer at IBM can achieve.

The IBM Fellows program was founded in 1962 by Thomas J. Watson, Jr., as a way to promote creativity among the company’s “most exceptional” technical professionals. The first appointments were made in 1963. The criteria for appointment are stringent and take into account only the most significant technical achievements. In addition to a history of extraordinary accomplishments, candidates must also be considered to have the potential to make continued contributions. Francis E. Hamilton is believed to be the first IBM Fellow, appointed in 1963 for amongst other things his work on the development of the 650 Magnetic Drum Data Processing Machine[1].

IBM Fellows are given broad latitude to identify and pursue projects in their area of expertise.

Since 1963, 231 IBM Fellows have been appointed. Of these, 64 are active employees (as of January 2012). The IBM Technical Community numbers over 200,000 people, including 560 IBM Distinguished Engineers.

A partial list, in chronological order (list from 2011):

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The Corporate Technical Recognition Event (CTRE) commemorative book for each year lists the IBM Fellows designated in that year. In 2009, a similar Corporate Technical Recognition (CTR) book was published, but there was no CTRE. The following have been used to verify the names and dates for those years in the list above:

  • IBM CTRE Book, June 5–8, 1984
  • IBM CTRE Book, May 11–14, 1987, Orlando, Florida
  • IBM CTRE Book, May 16–19, 1988
  • IBM CTRE Book, June 4–7, 1990
  • IBM CTRE Book, June 5–8, 1995, San Diego, California
  • IBM CTRE Book, June 9–12, 1998, San Francisco, California
  • IBM CTRE Book, June 8–11, 1999, Naples, Florida
  • IBM CTRE Book, June 5–8, 2000
  • IBM CTRE Book, May 29–June 1, 2001
  • IBM CTRE Book, June 4–7, 2002
  • IBM CTRE Book, June 2–5, 2003
  • IBM CTRE Book, May 25–28, 2004
  • IBM CTRE Book, May 24–27, 2005
  • IBM CTRE Book, May 23–26, 2006
  • IBM CTRE Book, May 14–17, 2007
  • IBM CTRE Book, May 12–15, 2008, Phoenix, Arizona
  • IBM CTR Book, individually distributed, 2009
  • IBM CTR Book, individually distributed, 2010
  • IBM Press Release: http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfromibm/us/awards/phd_fellowship_awards/index.shtml?lnk=ibmhpcs2/Corp/news/IBM_Fellows_announcement

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "There are but a few," IBM Corporation, 1981
  2. ^ a b c d e David W. Kean, "IBM San Jose A Quarter Century of Innovation" IBM Corp. circa 1977
  3. ^ "Honorary Fellows - 2003 - Professor Sir Alec Broers". Institution of Mechanical Engineers. http://heritage.imeche.org/honoraryfellows/home. Retrieved 16 October 2011 (2011-10-16). 

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