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Eric E. Sumner
Pages 228-231

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... There was a certain flair about Eric Sumner, a debonair demeanor that was unmistakable. For example, he always drank his tea and coffee from porcelain cups, properly served, never from paper or plastic cups.
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... Under his drive, the many internal versions of UNIX were coalesced into a single operating system for universal use, allowing portable application software—an area of growing commercial importance. He foresaw the need for increased software productivity as a business necessity and led a major architectural and technical thrust to satisfy this need.
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... Eric served on many professional and advisory boards and committees. In acIdition to his serivce to IEEE, Eric advised the following organizations: National Research Council; Arnerican Society of Mechanical Engineers; Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Virginia; University of California, Davis; and Cooper Union.
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