Tom West

Tom West
West at home in Westport MA
Born Joseph Thomas West
(1939-11-22)November 22, 1939
New York City, New York, U.S.
Died (2011-05-19)May 19, 2011
Alma mater Amherst College, B.A. 1962
Children 2

Joseph Thomas "Tom" West III (22 November 1939 – 19 May 2011)[1] was the protagonist of the Pulitzer Prize winning non-fiction book The Soul of a New Machine.[2] West worked for Data General Corporation as a hardware engineer and vice president, retiring as Chief Technologist in 1998.

West died at the age of 71 in his Westport, Massachusetts home of an apparent heart attack.[3] He is survived by two daughters, Katherine West and librarian Jessamyn West.[4] His nephew, Christopher Schwarz, is a former editor of Popular Woodworking magazine, author of The Anarchist Toolchest, and co-founder of Lost Art Press.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "J. Thomas West 71, of Westport". eastbayri.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Kidder, Tracy (1981) [1997]. The Soul of a New Machine. Modern Library. ISBN 978-0-316-49170-9.
  3. ↑ Marquard, Bryan (22 May 2011). "Tom West; engineer was the soul of Data General's new machine". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Paul Vitello (May 27, 2011). "Tom West Dies at 71; Was the Computer Engineer Incarnate". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ "An Interview with Chris Schwarz".

Further reading

  • Ratliff, Evan (December 2000). "O, Engineers!". Wired. 8 (12): 356–367. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2009-06-30. Twenty-year retrospective of The Soul of a New Machine, with "where are they now?" segments on the people involved and on Data General.
  • Cole, Richard (13 March 1996). "Tom West: The Soul of a Development Manager; Data General veteran expanding NUMA, open systems technology". UniNews. Santa Clara, California: UniForum. 10 (4): 4–5. ISSN 1069-0395. Retrieved 2009-06-30. 1996 interview with West.
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