Person Needham; Roger Michael (1935 - 2003) Needham Roger Michael 1935 - 2003 British Male Sheffield 09/02/1935 19350209 28/02/2003 20030228

Engineering Computer science Education: Doncaster Grammar School; University of Cambridge, graduated in maths and moral science (1956), diploma in numerical analysis and automatic computing (1957), PhD in information retrieval Career: Cambridge Language Research Unit (1957-1962); Titan project at Mathematical Laboratory (later known as Computer Laboratory), University of Cambridge under Maurice Wilkes; made a Fellow of Wolfson College (1967); Head of Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge (1980-1996); Professor, University of Cambridge (1981-1997); consultant for major companies including Rand Corporation, Hitachi and Xerox; visited Silicon Valley, California each summer (1977-1997); appointed Director of Cambridge Microsoft Research Laboratory (1997); served on lvey Committee; served on Defence Scientific Advisory Council, University Grants Committee; Trustee of Foundation for Information Policy Research; Labour Party District Councillor Honours: CBE 2001 Married (1958) Karen Sparck-Jones Lectures: Clifford Paterson 2002 Fellow 21/03/1985 50 Sources: Obituaries in The Times (07 March 2003); Guardian (10 March 2003) Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2004 vol 50 pp 183-199, plate, by Sir Tony Hoare and Maurice V Wilkes International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 9 Feb 1935 - 28 Feb 2003 NA901 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/94898447 d2d24ad0-ebb0-4c96-b3c8-2145836b52df