William Norris

Name: William Charles Norris

Born: July 14, 1911, near Red Cloud, Nebraska

Death: August 21, 2006 (Age: 95)

Computer-related contributions

• American computer executive.
• Co-founder and CEO of Control Data Corporation.
• Known for taking on IBM in a head-on fight and winning.
• Helped introduce the CDC 6600, the first supercomputer (1965).