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William J. Gray Bama-Bell II Floating Point Mathematical Interpretative System for USS 80 System (student manual)

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4013

Scope and Contents

The collection contains the student computer programming manual for the Bama-Bell II programming language for the Univac Solid State 80 computer system, written by William J. Gray, a University of Alabama graduate and then faculty member.

Dates

  • circa 1965

Creator

Biographical / Historical

William J. Gray, son of Robert Homer and Rosa Lee Gray, was born on January 14, 1933, in Randolph County, Alabama. He grew up in Blount County, Alabama, and attended Howard College in Birmingham before serving in the U.S. Army at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville while also attending college part-time. Upon leaving the service he enrolled at the University of Alabama in 1961. Gray received his bachelor's degree in 1961, his master's degree in 1962, and his PhD in mathematics in 1965. After receiving his doctorate, he joined the faculty of the Mathematics Department at the University of Alabama, where he served for thirty-nine years.

He and his wife Liz had one son and one daughter: Lloyd and Pat. Gray died on August 4, 2005, in Northport, Alabama.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (one manual)

Language of Materials

English

Overview

Student computer programming manual for the Bama-Bell II programming language for the Univac Solid State 80 computer system.

Provenance

gift of Charles D. Yeldell, 2014

General

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Processed by

Martha Bace, 2014

Source

Creator

Title
Guide to the William J. Gray Bama-Bell II Floating Point Mathematical Interpretative System for USS 80 System
Status
Completed
Date
August 2014
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0266
205.348.0513