William Charles Norris (July 14, 1911 to August 21, 2006) was an American business executive, born near Red Cloud, Nebraska. He was the CEO of Control Data Corporation, at one time one of the most powerful and respected computer companies in the world. He is famous for taking on IBM in a head-on fight and winning, as well as being a social activist who used Control Data's expansion in the late 1960s to bring jobs and training to inner cities and disadvantaged communities. He was also among the founders of Engineering Research Associates.
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William Charles Norris (July 14, 1911, near Red Cloud, Nebraska, August 21, 2006) was an American business executive.
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He was the CEO of Control Data Corporation, at one time one of the most powerful and respected computer companies in the world.
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He was the CEO of Control Data Corporation, at one time one of the most powerful and respected computer companies in the world.
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Wenger and two members of the CSAW team, William Norris and Howard Engstrom, started looking for investors interested in supporting the development of a new computer company.
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