George Herbert Swift Jr, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge Herbert Swift Jr
American mathematician and computer scientist
Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1926
Date of Death: 23-Sep-2014
Profession: mathematician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About George Herbert Swift Jr
- George Herbert Swift, Jr (July 1, 1926, Minot, ND – September 23, 2014) was an American mathematician and computer scientist.
- Swift attended the University of Oregon, earning a master's degree in Mathematics in 1951, before attending the University of Washington where he earned a PhD in Mathematics in 1954 under Edwin Hewitt on irregular Borel measure.
- He began at Duke University in 1954 as an instructor before being IBM hired him in 1956; he would spend 32 years with the company, where he contributed to the development of the IBM 5100.
- He retired in 1988 from IBM to teach full-time in mathematics as well as computer science.
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