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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Gwendolyn “Gwen” Bell, Gordon’s wife at the time, was a co-founder of the Museum and its first director when it was housed in Boston. Ken Olsen was also a major supporter of this and other computer history projects, notably including a series of books published by the Digital Press, including Stern’s invaluable history, <i>From ENIAC to Univac</i>. Despite its huge size, Whirlwind was acquired for the personal use of one of the engineers who worked on it. I do not recall whether it was dismantled and parts salvaged afterwards. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org">Johannah Rodgers via Members</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, May 23, 2024 11:42 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:CeruzziP@si.edu">Ceruzzi, Paul</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:johannah.rodgers@gmail.com">Johannah Rodgers</a>; <a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org">members@lists.sigcis.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [SIGCIS-Members] C. Gordon Bell obit.</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, Paul, for letting us know about Gordon's death, which definitely marks the end of one and/or many eras in computing in the U.S. I believe his wife was also involved in founding the computer museum but I have not been able to find much net based info on her. She was also a fulbright scholar in Australia when she and Gordon met.</p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>All best, </p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Johannah</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 11:21 AM Ceruzzi, Paul via Members <<a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org">members@lists.sigcis.org</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>Among other accomplishments, Gordon was an early supporter of the Computer History Museum, which started at a DEC building, and began with pieces of the Whirlwind computer rescued from scrap (correct me if this is wrong).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/technology/c-gordon-bell-dead.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/technology/c-gordon-bell-dead.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>This email is relayed from members at <a href="http://sigcis.org" target="_blank">sigcis.org</a>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at <a href="http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/" target="_blank">http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/</a> and you can change your subscription options at <a href="http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org" target="_blank">http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailsignatureprefix>-- </span></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:johannahrodgers@gmail.com" target="_blank">johannahrodgers@gmail.com</a></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.johannahrodgers.net" target="_blank">www.johannahrodgers.net</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>