Howard George Willis Ware, popularly known as Willis Howard Ware was an American computer pioneer who co-developed the IAS machine that laid down the blueprint of the modern day computer in the late 20th century.
10 Facts About Willis Ware
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Willis Ware was a pioneer of privacy rights, social critic of technology policy, and a founder in the field of computer security.
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Willis Ware completed his master's degree in the same subject at MIT, in 1942.
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Willis Ware was an early design engineer on the RAND JOHNNIAC computer.
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Willis Ware predicted that increased reliance on computers would create new privacy issues, and in 1972 he chaired the Department of Health, Education and Welfare's Special Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data Systems, which developed policy recommendations including the Code of Fair Information Practice that significantly influenced the Privacy Act of 1974.
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Willis Ware continued to study and write about privacy for many years.
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Willis Ware influenced many aspects of computing including the initiation and direction of one of the first computing courses, at UCLA and authored some of the first textbooks in the field of computer security.
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Willis Ware died at his home in Santa Monica, California in 2013.
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Willis Ware was an active and influential member of many industry organizations including:.
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Willis Ware authored over 70 publications over the course of his professional career.