Title:
Oral History of Kenneth E. Haughton

Date:
2007-02-14

Pages:
22 p.

Interviewer:
Porter, Jim; interviewer
Haughton, Kenneth E.; interviewer
Rosenshteyn, Yan; cameraperson

Abstract:
After a diverse background in engineering and education, Ken Haughton joined IBM in 1957. He made significant contributions in development of IBM’s early perpendicular disk drive program, the initial development of flying heads for disk drives, and a photo digital system for storing data. He became manager of the ‘low cost file” program, which was given the IBM code name “Winchester”, resulting in technology advances used in all disk drive programs which followed. He later managed several IBM laboratories, and, after retiring from IBM, became Dean of Engineering at Santa Clara University.

Keywords:
Haughton, Ken
IBM
Winchester
Madrid
IBM 3340 disk drive
IBM 3348 data module
IBM 3350 disk drive
IBM 1301 disk drive
Disk Drives
IBM Los Gatos Laboratory
IBM San Jose Laboratory
IBM Lexington, KY, Laboratory
IBM photo digital project
Santa Clara University

Rights:
Computer History Museum

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