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William M. (William Marvin) Whyburn

1901–1972 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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StorylineUNC’s Univac computer, 1958–19661958–1966 · 6 events · In November 1958 the University acquired a $2.4 million Univac high-speed electronic computer, which the UNC News Bureau named its top story of the year, and chose John W. Carr III of the University of Michigan to direct the Computer Center that would run it. The first shipment of the machine was unloaded outside Phillips Hall in June 1959. That August Census Bureau employees began working on it to prepare for the 1960 census, and by May 1960 Carr was editing a new journal, Computing Reviews. Census Bureau operations officially began on June 14, 1960, with the computer to run around the clock on population and housing data for about 40 per cent of the U.S. population. The Univac made its last run in July 1966, making room for IBM computers shared with Duke and N.C. State.

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  1. The first parts of the University's Univac computer arrive at Phillips Hall Workmen unloaded the first shipment of the Consolidated University's Univac computer outside Phillips Hall, with ten more moving vans to bring the rest, while President William C. Friday and vice presidents W. M. Whyburn and William D. Carmichael Jr. looked it over. People: William C. Friday, William M. (William Marvin) Whyburn, William D. Carmichael Jr. Place: Phillips Hall, UNC campus, Chapel HillSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 25, 1959, p. 8

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By William M. (William Marvin) Whyburn

Selection of correspondence to Paul M. Gross, Vice-President of Duke University, regarding the Governor's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Energy and draft legislation.

Whyburn, William M. (William Marvin), 1901-1972 · 1959

Letters of 1959 to Duke vice president Paul M. Gross from William M. Whyburn of the University of North Carolina and others, on the Governor's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Energy. Included are a draft act on ionizing radiation, radiation machines, radioactive materials and atomic energy, and papers on a Southern interstate nuclear effort. Luther Hodges, Dean W. Colvard and J. W. Roy Norton are among those named. 36 images.

NC Digital Collections DPLA

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

About William M. (William Marvin) Whyburn

Records of the Office of the Senior Vice President and Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1932-2012 (bulk 1954-1996).

University of North Carolina (System). Office of the Senior Vice President and Vice President for Academic Affairs · 1932

Academic affairs files of the University of North Carolina System, 1932 to 2012 with the bulk running 1954 to 1996, approximately 56,400 items in 73.5 linear feet, University Archives collection 40012. Topics include system curricula, graduate work and administration, name vice presidents such as Raymond H. Dawson and Roy Carroll, and reach as far as the history of basketball at North Carolina State.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Whyburn, William M. (William Marvin), 1901-1972.

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  • Phillips Hall University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here

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