*From: *"Alexander Wolf, Baskin Engineering Dean" <alw@ucsc.edu> <http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/> In Memory Of Harry Huskey COMPUTER PIONEER AND FOUNDING UC SANTA CRUZ FACULTY MEMBER Dear BSOE Community and Friends of Harry Huskey, It saddens me to report that Harry Huskey, a well-known pioneer in computer science and co-founder of the UC Santa Cruz Information Sciences Department, now the Computer Science Department, passed away on April 9, 2017. Several original faculty members in the Baskin School of Engineering remember Harry well: his sharp wit and unpretentious manner, and the way he inspired students and faculty. Professor Pat Mantey remembers Huskey's wise counsel and insight, and reflects that although his appointment was in the Computer Science Department, it would not be a stretch to call Huskey the first computer engineer on campus. Professor Manfred Warmuth remembers Harry's "straightforward and down-to-earth" style, as well as his humorous side. Professor Huskey joined the University of California, Santa Cruz faculty in 1967, after what would be considered an already full career by most people's standards. He earned his Ph.D. in 1943 from Ohio State University and took his first job as an assistant professor teaching mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania. Shortly thereafter he secured a top-secret development position at UPenn, unaware of any details about the project. It turned out to be the ENIAC computer: the first fully programmable computer designed in the United States. ENIAC was developed for the US Navy in support of the war effort. After the war, in 1946, Professor Huskey worked for a year with Alan Turing in England. In 1950 he moved to California to continue his work in systems design and architecture of smaller and more powerful computers and computer systems, a theme that would follow his career. He joined UC Berkeley in 1955 as a professor of Electrical Engineering, and while there he supervised the Ph.D. thesis of Niklaus Wirth who later developed the PASCAL programming language. In many ways, we have Harry to thank for setting us on the path to eminence in computer science. While a professor at UC Santa Cruz, Huskey built one of the first university computer centers. He also advised universities in many parts of the globe on how to develop an academic computer science program, and how to start their own computer centers. He spent two years in India working at IIT Kanpur and Delhi University, helping them create their own computer science programs and centers, and later went on to provide technical support to the Yangon University in Burma (Myanmar). In 1986 Huskey retired from the University of California. In 2015 he was awarded the UC Santa Cruz Founding Faculty Award for his seminal work on early and important computing systems and a lifetime of service to computer education. As Pat Mantey remarked, "I'm glad we got Harry here to see what has grown from seeds he helped plant and nurture." Those who knew Harry, both here in the Baskin School of Engineering and in many other places around the world, will greatly miss him. Please join me in honoring and remembering this remarkable leader. As a community, we offer our condolences to the Huskey family. A graveside service will be held at Santa Cruz Memorial at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday April 15th, 1927 Ocean Street Extension. *To recognize and honor Harry's many accomplishments, and to allow his legacy to live on, particularly in the area of international engineering education, Harry's family and two close friends from UC Santa Cruz have created the "Harry Huskey Endowment for International Engineering Education" (Huskey Endowment). **Please consider donating to this endowment in Harry's honor. <https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1069/index.aspx?sid=1069&gid=1&pgid=780&cid=1656&dids=801&bledit=1>* Alexander L. Wolf <http://www.ucsc.edu/> UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Copyright © 2017 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. _________________________ Brian A. Berg / bberg@StanfordAlumni.org Berg Software Design 14500 Big Basin Way, Suite F, Saratoga, CA 95070 USA Voice: 408.741.5010 / Cell: 408.568.2505 Consulting: Flash Memory/USB/Storage/Patents visit the Storage Cornucopia: www.bswd.com FMS Technical Chair: www.FlashMemorySummit.com IEEE Milestone <http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:List_of_IEEE_Milestones> Coordinator for Region 6 <http://www.ieee-region6.org/> IEEE SCV Section <http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/> Chair (2012) / IEEE-CNSV <http://www.CaliforniaConsultants.org> Board Director IEEE SCV History Committee <http://www.SiliconValleyHistory.com/> Chair