Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Armer, Paul, 1924- (computer technician)
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content: Paul Armer Collection
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: NMAH.AC.0323, Series 1
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content: Archival materials
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content: This series documents activities of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) during the 1950s (Los Angeles chapter, especially) and 1960s (National Council).  It includes a file providing a survey of the National Joint Computer Committee (NJCC) between 1957 and 1962. Paul Armer, was an officer of the Los Angeles Chapter of the ACM in the 1950s and served on the National Council of the ACM for the periods 1958-1960 and 1964-1968.  He was a lecturer for the ACM National Lectureship Series in 1966 67. Armer was ACM representative to the National Joint Computer Committee from 1958 to 1961 and Vice Chairman of the NJCC during 1959-1960.