Erich Bloch is a German

Germany

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-born American

United States

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 electrical engineer and administrator. He served as director of National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation

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 from 1984 to 1990.

Bloch studied electrical engineering at ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich

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 and received his bachelor of science

Bachelor of Science

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 in electrical engineering from the University of Buffalo. Bloch joined IBM

IBM

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 in 1952. He was engineering manager of lBM's STRETCH supercomputer system and director of several research sites during his career.

In 1984 Bloch was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences

Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences

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He joined the Council on Competitiveness

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 as its first distinguished fellow in 1991.

The National Science Board

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 honored him in 2002 with the Vannevar Bush Award

Vannevar Bush Award

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External links

• Erich Bloch profile via Washington Advisory Group
• Erich Bloch profile via IEEE
• Erich Bloch profile via IBM
  IBM
  International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...