George Cogar Explained

George Cogar
Birth Name:George R. Cogar
Birth Date:1932
Birth Place:Gassaway, West Virginia, U.S.
Disappeared Date:September 2, 1983 (aged 50–51)
Spouse:Ann Cogar

George R. Cogar (born 1932, disappeared 1983) was an American computer scientist and engineer. He was the head of the UNIVAC 1004 electronic design team code named the "bumblebee project", and later the "barn project", and co-founder of Mohawk Data Sciences Corporation, a Herkimer, New York-based multimillion-dollar business. His most successful invention was the Data Recorder magnetic tape encoder, which was introduced in 1965 and eliminated the need for keypunches and punched cards by direct encoding on tape.[1] [2] [3] [4] He also founded the Cogar Corporation, where he built an intelligent terminal—an early forerunner of the modern personal computer—which he called the Cogar System 4[5] or Cogar 4. The Cogar 4 became the Singer 1500 after Singer Business Machines acquired Cogar Corporation. In 1976 International Computers Limited (ICL) acquired Singer Business Machines, changing the name of the computer to the ICL 1500.

Disappearance

Cogar was last seen Friday, September 2, 1983, when a private plane, a Britten-Norman Islander, went down somewhere in British Columbia, Canada.[6] [7]

Philanthropy

Cogar and his wife Ann established the Cogar Foundation for the express purpose of awarding grants and scholarships to students of Herkimer County.[8] The Cogar Gallery at Herkimer County Community College is named for them.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Stacy V. Jones, "Data-Recorder Takes Short Cuts; Punch-Card Use Eliminated By Direct Coding on Tape Wide Variety of Ideas Covered By Patents Issued During Week", New York Times, December 13, 1969
  2. Book: Computer sciences. 2002. Macmillan Reference USA. Roger R. Flynn. 0028655672. New York. 671558424. Tabulating Machines. 188. 1: Foundations: Ideas and People.
  3. US. 3483523. George Cogar. Data recording and verifying machine .
  4. Web site: Mohawk Data Sciences Corporation (MDS) Selling the Computer Revolution. 2022-01-17. Computer History Museum.
  5. Book: Cogar System 4: System Summary.
  6. Web site: 1683DMBC - George R. Cogar. 2022-01-17. www.doenetwork.org.
  7. Web site: Ranter. Harro. Lujan, Fabian I.. ASN Aircraft accident Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander C-GIPF Smithers, BC . 2010 . 2011-06-27.
  8. Web site: Cogar Foundation, Inc.. 2022-01-17. Foundation Directory Online.
  9. Web site: Cogar Gallery. 2022-01-17. Herkimer County Community College. en-US.