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 Notable Alumni Herman Hollerith Census Bureau alumnus Herman Hollerith, inventor ofthe first electric tabulating machine. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.   As a technological and methodological innovator, the U.S. Census Bureau has long been an incubator for talent.  The census has always attracted smart people who have, in turn, played a role in improving the effectiveness of both the census-taking and tabulation process. This section showcases a few notable alumni, including Herman Hollerith, whose tabulation machine company eventually became part of IBM, and Henry Gannett, one of the forefathers of geography at the Census Bureau. **Further Information** A Brief History of Jewish Alumni and Representation in Surveys of The
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