Together with Michael Stonebraker and a group of scientists at IBM, Eugene Wong is credited with pioneering database research in the 1970s from which software developed by IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle descends.
10 Facts About Eugene Wong
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Eugene Wong retired in 1994, since then holding the title of Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at University of California, Berkeley.
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Eugene Wong was a post-doctoral student at the University of Cambridge until 1960 and from 1960 to 1962 a researcher at IBM's Thomas J Watson Research Center.
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Eugene Wong joined the Berkeley faculty in 1962, where he later served as chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.
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Eugene Wong was a co-designer of Ingres, one of the first modern database systems and co-author on a major text on stochastic processes.
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From 1990 to 1993, Eugene Wong served as associate director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and from 1998 to 2000 he headed the Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation.
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Eugene Wong chaired the Council of Advisors on Innovation and Technology in Hong Kong and was a long-time international advisor on science and technology to the prime minister of Taiwan, where he led a major science policy study, Foresight Taiwan.
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Eugene Wong was a co-founder of Ingres Corporation and a former president and CEO of Versata, Inc Currently, he is a member of the board of directors of Hyster-Yale, Inc.
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Eugene Wong was married to the former Joan Chang from 1956 until her death in 2006.
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Eugene Wong has 2 surviving grown children, 6 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandson.