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An IBM Fellow is an appointed position at IBM made by IBM's CEO. Typically only four to nine (eleven in 2014) IBM Fellows are appointed each year, in May or June. Fellow is the highest honor a scientist, engineer, or programmer at IBM can achieve.

Overview

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IBM Fellow Donna Dillenberger

The IBM Fellows program was founded in 1962 by Thomas Watson Jr., as a way to promote creativity among the company's "most exceptional" technical professionals and is granted in recognition of outstanding and sustained technical achievements and leadership in engineering, programming, services, science, design and technology.[1] 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 IBM 650.[2][3] In 1989, Fran Allen became the first female IBM Fellow.

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

As of April 2022, only 331 IBMers have earned the IBM Fellow distinction, and 84 of them remain active IBM employees. IBM Fellows have generated over 9,329 patents, thousands of government and professional citations, received five Nobel Prizes and five Turing Awards, and have a massive store of published research in scientific journals.[1]

List of IBM Fellows

In chronological order, as of 2021:

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Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 IBM Fellows homepage on IBM.com
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 "There are but a few," IBM Corporation, 1981
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  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 David W. Kean, "IBM San Jose A Quarter Century of Innovation" IBM Corp. circa 1977
  5. Herman Heine Goldstine, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland.
  6. Richard Goering: “Bill Beausoleil, 1950s Computer Pioneer, Shapes RTL Emulation Technology Today”, Industry Insights Blog, Cadence. November 15, 2012.
  7. ″Harlan D. Mills retires,″ press release, IBM Federal Systems Division. June 23, 1987. (Last page in linked document.)
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  11. DRAM - the Team
  12. Short bio in: "Two-level coding for error control in magnetic disk storage products", IBM Journal of Research and Development, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 470-484, 1989.
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  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 “Five top innovators named IBM Fellows”, IBM. 2004.
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 “IBM Appoints Eight New Fellows to Drive Innovation”, IBM. 2006.
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 “IBM Honors Eight Employees with Highest Technical Award”, IBM. 2009.
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 2012 IBM Fellows, IBM.
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  19. 19.00 19.01 19.02 19.03 19.04 19.05 19.06 19.07 19.08 19.09 19.10 2014 IBM Fellows
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 20.9 2015 IBM Fellows
  21. 21.00 21.01 21.02 21.03 21.04 21.05 21.06 21.07 21.08 21.09 21.10 2016 IBM Fellows
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 22.7 22.8 22.9 2017 IBM Fellows
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 "2018 IBM Fellows", IBM. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
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References

  • 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, San Francisco, California
    • IBM CTRE Book, May 11–14, 1987, Orlando, Florida
    • IBM CTRE Book, May 16–19, 1988
    • IBM CTRE Book, June 4–7, 1990, San Diego, California
    • 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, Palm Beach, Florida
    • IBM CTRE Book, June 4–7, 2002, Naples, Florida
    • IBM CTRE Book, June 2–5, 2003, Scotsdale, Arizona
    • IBM CTRE Book, May 25–28, 2004, Boca Raton, Florida
    • 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

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