The Passing of A Pioneer

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https://www.cerias.purdue.edu/site/blog/post/the_passing_of_a_pioneer/

By Gene Spafford
November 26, 2013

Willis H. Ware, a highly respected and admired pioneer in the fields of 
computing security and privacy, passed away on November 22nd, 2013, aged 
93.

Born August 31,1920, Mr. Ware received a BSEE from the University of 
Pennsylvania (1941), and an SM in EE from MIT (1942). He worked on 
classified radar and IFF electronic systems during WWII. After the war he 
received his Ph.D. in EE from Princeton University (1951) while working at 
the Institute for Advanced Studies for John von Neumann, building an early 
computer system.

Upon receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Ware took a position with North American 
Aviation (now part of Boeing Corporation). After a year, he joined the 
RAND Corporation (in 1952) where he stayed for the remainder of his career 
-- 40 more years — and thereafter as an emeritus computer scientist. His 
first task at RAND was helping to build the "Johnniac," an early computer 
system. During his career at RAND he advanced to senior leadership 
positions, eventually becoming the chairman of the Computer Science 
Department.

Willis was influential in many aspects of computing. As an educator, he 
initiated and taught one of the first computing courses, at UCLA, and 
wrote some of the field's first textbooks. In professional activities, he 
was involved in early activities of the ACM, and was the founding 
president of AFIPS (American Federation of Information Processing 
Societies). From 1958-1959 he served as chairman of the IRE Group on 
computers, a forerunner of the current Computer Society of the IEEE. He 
served as the Vice Chair of IFIP TC 11 from 1985-1994. At the time of his 
death he was still serving as a member of the EPIC Advisory Board.

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