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	Cray married Verene Voll in 1947. They had known each other since childhood. She was the daughter of a [[Methodism\|Methodist]] minister, as was Cray's mother, and Verene worked as a nutritionist.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|pp=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/44 44,48]}} They had three children.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Evavold \|first=Ross \|date=13 October 1996 \|title=Seymour Cray Remembered \|url=https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156529/ \|work=[[Chippewa Herald]] \|pages=[https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156529/ 1A], [https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156310/ 7A] \|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/68 68]}} Cray and Voll divorced around 1978.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/151 151]}} He later married Geri M. Harrand.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/205 205]}}		Cray married Verene Voll in 1947. They had known each other since childhood. She was the daughter of a [[Methodism\|Methodist]] minister, as was Cray's mother, and Verene worked as a nutritionist.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|pp=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/44 44,48]}} They had three children.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Evavold \|first=Ross \|date=13 October 1996 \|title=Seymour Cray Remembered \|url=https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156529/ \|work=[[Chippewa Herald]] \|pages=[https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156529/ 1A], [https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156310/ 7A] \|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/68 68]}} Cray and Voll divorced around 1978.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/151 151]}} He later married Geri M. Harrand.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/205 205]}} Cray was the grandfather of the LGBTQ rights activist [[Andrew Cray]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Columnist \|first=John Andersen \|date=2023-06-20 \|title=Andrew Cray stood up for justice \|url=https://lacrossetribune.com/chp/opinion/columnists/john-andersen-andrew-cray-stood-up-for-justice/article_8d3cad5e-097c-11ee-8089-0fe4d0f597a6.html \|access-date=2024-03-29 \|website=La Crosse Tribune \|language=en}}</ref>

	Cray avoided publicity, and there are a number of unusual tales about his life away from work, termed "Rollwagenisms", from then-CEO of Cray Research, John A. Rollwagen. He enjoyed [[skiing]], [[windsurfing]], [[tennis]], and other sports. Another favorite pastime was [[Hobby tunneling\|digging a tunnel]] under his home; he attributed the secret of his success to "visits by [[elf\|elves]]" while he worked in the tunnel: "While I'm digging in the tunnel, the elves will often come to me with solutions to my problem."<ref name="time-elves">{{cite magazine\|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967095,00.html\|title=Technology: Just Dig While You Work\|date=1988-03-28\|magazine=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]]\|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]\|access-date=18 March 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521163217/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967095,00.html\|archive-date=2008-05-21}}</ref><ref name="pcw-elves">{{cite journal\|last=Howard\|first=Toby\|title=Seymour Cray - An Appreciation\|journal=[[Personal Computer World]]\|url=http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby/writing/PCW/cray.htm\|date=February 1997\|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref>		Cray avoided publicity, and there are a number of unusual tales about his life away from work, termed "Rollwagenisms", from then-CEO of Cray Research, John A. Rollwagen. He enjoyed [[skiing]], [[windsurfing]], [[tennis]], and other sports. Another favorite pastime was [[Hobby tunneling\|digging a tunnel]] under his home; he attributed the secret of his success to "visits by [[elf\|elves]]" while he worked in the tunnel: "While I'm digging in the tunnel, the elves will often come to me with solutions to my problem."<ref name="time-elves">{{cite magazine\|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967095,00.html\|title=Technology: Just Dig While You Work\|date=1988-03-28\|magazine=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]]\|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]\|access-date=18 March 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521163217/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967095,00.html\|archive-date=2008-05-21}}</ref><ref name="pcw-elves">{{cite journal\|last=Howard\|first=Toby\|title=Seymour Cray - An Appreciation\|journal=[[Personal Computer World]]\|url=http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby/writing/PCW/cray.htm\|date=February 1997\|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref>

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	\|spouse = Verene Voll (1947–1978; divorced)<br />Geri Harrand		\|spouse = Verene Voll (1947–1978; divorced)<br />Geri M. Harrand
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Cray married Verene Voll in 1947. They had known each other since childhood. She was the daughter of a [[Methodism\|Methodist]] minister, as was Cray's mother, and Verene worked as a nutritionist.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|pp=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/44 44,48]}} They had three children.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Evavold \|first=Ross \|date=13 October 1996 \|title=Seymour Cray Remembered \|url=https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156529/ \|work=[[Chippewa Herald]] \|pages=[https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156529/ 1A], [https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156310/ 7A] \|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/68 68]}} Cray and Voll divorced around 1978.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/151 151]}} He later married Geri Harrand.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/205 205]}}		Cray married Verene Voll in 1947. They had known each other since childhood. She was the daughter of a [[Methodism\|Methodist]] minister, as was Cray's mother, and Verene worked as a nutritionist.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|pp=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/44 44,48]}} They had three children.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Evavold \|first=Ross \|date=13 October 1996 \|title=Seymour Cray Remembered \|url=https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156529/ \|work=[[Chippewa Herald]] \|pages=[https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156529/ 1A], [https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156310/ 7A] \|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/68 68]}} Cray and Voll divorced around 1978.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/151 151]}} He later married Geri M. Harrand.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/205 205]}}

	Cray avoided publicity, and there are a number of unusual tales about his life away from work, termed "Rollwagenisms", from then-CEO of Cray Research, John A. Rollwagen. He enjoyed [[skiing]], [[windsurfing]], [[tennis]], and other sports. Another favorite pastime was [[Hobby tunneling\|digging a tunnel]] under his home; he attributed the secret of his success to "visits by [[elf\|elves]]" while he worked in the tunnel: "While I'm digging in the tunnel, the elves will often come to me with solutions to my problem."<ref name="time-elves">{{cite magazine\|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967095,00.html\|title=Technology: Just Dig While You Work\|date=1988-03-28\|magazine=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]]\|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]\|access-date=18 March 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521163217/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967095,00.html\|archive-date=2008-05-21}}</ref><ref name="pcw-elves">{{cite journal\|last=Howard\|first=Toby\|title=Seymour Cray - An Appreciation\|journal=[[Personal Computer World]]\|url=http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby/writing/PCW/cray.htm\|date=February 1997\|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref>		Cray avoided publicity, and there are a number of unusual tales about his life away from work, termed "Rollwagenisms", from then-CEO of Cray Research, John A. Rollwagen. He enjoyed [[skiing]], [[windsurfing]], [[tennis]], and other sports. Another favorite pastime was [[Hobby tunneling\|digging a tunnel]] under his home; he attributed the secret of his success to "visits by [[elf\|elves]]" while he worked in the tunnel: "While I'm digging in the tunnel, the elves will often come to me with solutions to my problem."<ref name="time-elves">{{cite magazine\|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967095,00.html\|title=Technology: Just Dig While You Work\|date=1988-03-28\|magazine=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]]\|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]\|access-date=18 March 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521163217/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967095,00.html\|archive-date=2008-05-21}}</ref><ref name="pcw-elves">{{cite journal\|last=Howard\|first=Toby\|title=Seymour Cray - An Appreciation\|journal=[[Personal Computer World]]\|url=http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby/writing/PCW/cray.htm\|date=February 1997\|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref>

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	\|spouse = Verene Voll (~~1947-1978~~; divorced)<br />Geri Harrand		\|spouse = Verene Voll (1947–1978; divorced)<br />Geri Harrand
	\|children = 3		\|children = 3
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Cray married Verene Voll in 1947. They had known each other since childhood. She was the daughter of a [[Methodism\|Methodist]] minister, as was Cray's mother, and Verene worked as a nutritionist.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|pp=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/44 44,48]}} They had three children{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/68 68]}} and divorced around 1978.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/151 151]}} He later married Geri Harrand{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/205 205]}} and had one son and two daughters.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Evavold \|first=Ross \|date=13 October 1996 \|title=Seymour Cray Remembered \|url=https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156529/ \|work=[[Chippewa Herald]] \|pages=[https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156529/ 1A], [https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156310/ 7A] \|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>		Cray married Verene Voll in 1947. They had known each other since childhood. She was the daughter of a [[Methodism\|Methodist]] minister, as was Cray's mother, and Verene worked as a nutritionist.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|pp=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/44 44,48]}} They had three children.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Evavold \|first=Ross \|date=13 October 1996 \|title=Seymour Cray Remembered \|url=https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156529/ \|work=[[Chippewa Herald]] \|pages=[https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156529/ 1A], [https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156310/ 7A] \|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/68 68]}} Cray and Voll divorced around 1978.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/151 151]}} He later married Geri Harrand.{{sfn\|Murray\|1997\|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/205 205]}}

	Cray avoided publicity, and there are a number of unusual tales about his life away from work, termed "Rollwagenisms", from then-CEO of Cray Research, John A. Rollwagen. He enjoyed [[skiing]], [[windsurfing]], [[tennis]], and other sports. Another favorite pastime was [[Hobby tunneling\|digging a tunnel]] under his home; he attributed the secret of his success to "visits by [[elf\|elves]]" while he worked in the tunnel: "While I'm digging in the tunnel, the elves will often come to me with solutions to my problem."<ref name="time-elves">{{cite magazine\|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967095,00.html\|title=Technology: Just Dig While You Work\|date=1988-03-28\|magazine=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]]\|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]\|access-date=18 March 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521163217/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967095,00.html\|archive-date=2008-05-21}}</ref><ref name="pcw-elves">{{cite journal\|last=Howard\|first=Toby\|title=Seymour Cray - An Appreciation\|journal=[[Personal Computer World]]\|url=http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby/writing/PCW/cray.htm\|date=February 1997\|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref>		Cray avoided publicity, and there are a number of unusual tales about his life away from work, termed "Rollwagenisms", from then-CEO of Cray Research, John A. Rollwagen. He enjoyed [[skiing]], [[windsurfing]], [[tennis]], and other sports. Another favorite pastime was [[Hobby tunneling\|digging a tunnel]] under his home; he attributed the secret of his success to "visits by [[elf\|elves]]" while he worked in the tunnel: "While I'm digging in the tunnel, the elves will often come to me with solutions to my problem."<ref name="time-elves">{{cite magazine\|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967095,00.html\|title=Technology: Just Dig While You Work\|date=1988-03-28\|magazine=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]]\|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]\|access-date=18 March 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521163217/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967095,00.html\|archive-date=2008-05-21}}</ref><ref name="pcw-elves">{{cite journal\|last=Howard\|first=Toby\|title=Seymour Cray - An Appreciation\|journal=[[Personal Computer World]]\|url=http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby/writing/PCW/cray.htm\|date=February 1997\|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref>

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		⚫	'''Seymour Roger Cray''' (September 28, 1925<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~bezenek/cray.html\| title = Seymour Cray Obituary by John Markoff<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> – October 5, 1996<ref name=Lazou>[http://www.hoise.com/primeur/96/pr-96-oct/CL-PR-10-96-3.html Obituary - Seymour Cray, Father of supercomputing<!-- Bot generated title -->] – {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507080148/http://www.hoise.com/primeur/96/pr-96-oct/CL-PR-10-96-3.html \|date=2008-05-07 }}</ref>) was an American [[Electrical engineering\|electrical engineer]] and [[supercomputer]] architect who designed a series of computers that were the fastest in the world for decades, and founded [[Cray\|Cray Research]] which built many of these machines. Called "the father of supercomputing",<ref name=Lazou/> Cray has been credited with creating the supercomputer industry.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/tef/cray/tribute.html\|title=Tribute to Seymour Cray\|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> [[Joel S. Birnbaum]], then [[chief technology officer]] of [[Hewlett-Packard]], said of him: "It seems impossible to exaggerate the effect he had on the industry; many of the things that high performance computers now do routinely were at the farthest edge of credibility when Seymour envisioned them."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://research.microsoft.com/users/gbell/craytalk/sld078.htm\|title=Quote by Joel Birnbaum\|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> [[Larry Smarr]], then director of the [[National Center for Supercomputing Applications]] at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\|University of Illinois]] said that Cray is "the [[Thomas Edison]] of the supercomputing industry."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/09/24/computer-pioneer-injured/d173707b-7dc2-4fec-84c6-dfb13a86c7b7/\|title=COMPUTER PIONEER INJURED\|date=1996-09-24\|newspaper=Washington Post\|access-date=2018-07-30\|language=en-US\|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
	'''Seymour Roger Crayan'''

⚫	(September 28, 1925<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~bezenek/cray.html\| title = Seymour Cray Obituary by John Markoff<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> – October 5, 1996<ref name="Lazou">[http://www.hoise.com/primeur/96/pr-96-oct/CL-PR-10-96-3.html Obituary - Seymour Cray, Father of supercomputing<!-- Bot generated title -->] – {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507080148/http://www.hoise.com/primeur/96/pr-96-oct/CL-PR-10-96-3.html \|date=2008-05-07 }}</ref>) was an American [[Electrical engineering\|electrical engineer]] and [[supercomputer]] architect who designed a series of computers that were the fastest in the world for decades, and founded [[Cray\|Cray Research]] which built many of these machines. Called "the father of supercomputing",<ref name="Lazou" /> Cray has been credited with creating the supercomputer industry.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/tef/cray/tribute.html\|title=Tribute to Seymour Cray\|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> [[Joel S. Birnbaum]], then [[chief technology officer]] of [[Hewlett-Packard]], said of him: "It seems impossible to exaggerate the effect he had on the industry; many of the things that high performance computers now do routinely were at the farthest edge of credibility when Seymour envisioned them."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://research.microsoft.com/users/gbell/craytalk/sld078.htm\|title=Quote by Joel Birnbaum\|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> [[Larry Smarr]], then director of the [[National Center for Supercomputing Applications]] at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\|University of Illinois]] said that Cray is "the [[Thomas Edison]] of the ~~superman~~ industry."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/09/24/computer-pioneer-injured/d173707b-7dc2-4fec-84c6-dfb13a86c7b7/\|title=COMPUTER PIONEER INJURED\|date=1996-09-24\|newspaper=Washington Post\|access-date=2018-07-30\|language=en-US\|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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			'''Seymour Roger Crayan'''
⚫	~~'''Seymour Roger Cray'''~~ (September 28, 1925<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~bezenek/cray.html\| title = Seymour Cray Obituary by John Markoff<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> – October 5, 1996<ref name=Lazou>[http://www.hoise.com/primeur/96/pr-96-oct/CL-PR-10-96-3.html Obituary - Seymour Cray, Father of supercomputing<!-- Bot generated title -->] – {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507080148/http://www.hoise.com/primeur/96/pr-96-oct/CL-PR-10-96-3.html \|date=2008-05-07 }}</ref>) was an American [[Electrical engineering\|electrical engineer]] and [[supercomputer]] architect who designed a series of computers that were the fastest in the world for decades, and founded [[Cray\|Cray Research]] which built many of these machines. Called "the father of supercomputing",<ref name=Lazou/> Cray has been credited with creating the supercomputer industry.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/tef/cray/tribute.html\|title=Tribute to Seymour Cray\|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> [[Joel S. Birnbaum]], then [[chief technology officer]] of [[Hewlett-Packard]], said of him: "It seems impossible to exaggerate the effect he had on the industry; many of the things that high performance computers now do routinely were at the farthest edge of credibility when Seymour envisioned them."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://research.microsoft.com/users/gbell/craytalk/sld078.htm\|title=Quote by Joel Birnbaum\|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> [[Larry Smarr]], then director of the [[National Center for Supercomputing Applications]] at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\|University of Illinois]] said that Cray is "the [[Thomas Edison]] of the ~~supercomputing~~ industry."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/09/24/computer-pioneer-injured/d173707b-7dc2-4fec-84c6-dfb13a86c7b7/\|title=COMPUTER PIONEER INJURED\|date=1996-09-24\|newspaper=Washington Post\|access-date=2018-07-30\|language=en-US\|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

		⚫	(September 28, 1925<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~bezenek/cray.html\| title = Seymour Cray Obituary by John Markoff<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> – October 5, 1996<ref name="Lazou">[http://www.hoise.com/primeur/96/pr-96-oct/CL-PR-10-96-3.html Obituary - Seymour Cray, Father of supercomputing<!-- Bot generated title -->] – {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507080148/http://www.hoise.com/primeur/96/pr-96-oct/CL-PR-10-96-3.html \|date=2008-05-07 }}</ref>) was an American [[Electrical engineering\|electrical engineer]] and [[supercomputer]] architect who designed a series of computers that were the fastest in the world for decades, and founded [[Cray\|Cray Research]] which built many of these machines. Called "the father of supercomputing",<ref name="Lazou" /> Cray has been credited with creating the supercomputer industry.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/tef/cray/tribute.html\|title=Tribute to Seymour Cray\|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> [[Joel S. Birnbaum]], then [[chief technology officer]] of [[Hewlett-Packard]], said of him: "It seems impossible to exaggerate the effect he had on the industry; many of the things that high performance computers now do routinely were at the farthest edge of credibility when Seymour envisioned them."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://research.microsoft.com/users/gbell/craytalk/sld078.htm\|title=Quote by Joel Birnbaum\|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> [[Larry Smarr]], then director of the [[National Center for Supercomputing Applications]] at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\|University of Illinois]] said that Cray is "the [[Thomas Edison]] of the superman industry."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/09/24/computer-pioneer-injured/d173707b-7dc2-4fec-84c6-dfb13a86c7b7/\|title=COMPUTER PIONEER INJURED\|date=1996-09-24\|newspaper=Washington Post\|access-date=2018-07-30\|language=en-US\|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==

Phiarc: /* List of computers */ AN-USQ-17 as per Naval Tactical Data System

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List of computers: AN-USQ-17 as per Naval Tactical Data System

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	* [[ERA 1103]] (1953)		* [[ERA 1103]] (1953)
			* [[AN/USQ-17]] (1958, not produced)
	* [[CDC 1604]] (1960)		* [[CDC 1604]] (1960)
	* [[CDC 3000 series]] (1963)		* [[CDC 3000 series]] (1963)

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	'''Seymour Roger Cray''' (September 28, 1925<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~bezenek/cray.html\| title = Seymour Cray Obituary by John Markoff<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> – October 5, 1996<ref name=Lazou>[http://www.hoise.com/primeur/96/pr-96-oct/CL-PR-10-96-3.html Obituary - Seymour Cray, Father of supercomputing<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507080148/http://www.hoise.com/primeur/96/pr-96-oct/CL-PR-10-96-3.html \|date=2008-05-07 }}</ref>) was an American [[Electrical engineering\|electrical engineer]] and [[supercomputer]] architect who designed a series of computers that were the fastest in the world for decades, and founded [[Cray\|Cray Research]] which built many of these machines. Called "the father of supercomputing",<ref name=Lazou/> Cray has been credited with creating the supercomputer industry.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/tef/cray/tribute.html\|title=Tribute to Seymour Cray\|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> [[Joel S. Birnbaum]], then [[chief technology officer]] of [[Hewlett-Packard]], said of him: "It seems impossible to exaggerate the effect he had on the industry; many of the things that high performance computers now do routinely were at the farthest edge of credibility when Seymour envisioned them."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://research.microsoft.com/users/gbell/craytalk/sld078.htm\|title=Quote by Joel Birnbaum\|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> [[Larry Smarr]], then director of the [[National Center for Supercomputing Applications]] at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\|University of Illinois]] said that Cray is "the [[Thomas Edison]] of the supercomputing industry."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/09/24/computer-pioneer-injured/d173707b-7dc2-4fec-84c6-dfb13a86c7b7/\|title=COMPUTER PIONEER INJURED\|date=1996-09-24\|newspaper=Washington Post\|access-date=2018-07-30\|language=en-US\|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>		'''Seymour Roger Cray''' (September 28, 1925<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~bezenek/cray.html\| title = Seymour Cray Obituary by John Markoff<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> – October 5, 1996<ref name=Lazou>[http://www.hoise.com/primeur/96/pr-96-oct/CL-PR-10-96-3.html Obituary - Seymour Cray, Father of supercomputing<!-- Bot generated title -->] – {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507080148/http://www.hoise.com/primeur/96/pr-96-oct/CL-PR-10-96-3.html \|date=2008-05-07 }}</ref>) was an American [[Electrical engineering\|electrical engineer]] and [[supercomputer]] architect who designed a series of computers that were the fastest in the world for decades, and founded [[Cray\|Cray Research]] which built many of these machines. Called "the father of supercomputing",<ref name=Lazou/> Cray has been credited with creating the supercomputer industry.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/tef/cray/tribute.html\|title=Tribute to Seymour Cray\|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> [[Joel S. Birnbaum]], then [[chief technology officer]] of [[Hewlett-Packard]], said of him: "It seems impossible to exaggerate the effect he had on the industry; many of the things that high performance computers now do routinely were at the farthest edge of credibility when Seymour envisioned them."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://research.microsoft.com/users/gbell/craytalk/sld078.htm\|title=Quote by Joel Birnbaum\|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> [[Larry Smarr]], then director of the [[National Center for Supercomputing Applications]] at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\|University of Illinois]] said that Cray is "the [[Thomas Edison]] of the supercomputing industry."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/09/24/computer-pioneer-injured/d173707b-7dc2-4fec-84c6-dfb13a86c7b7/\|title=COMPUTER PIONEER INJURED\|date=1996-09-24\|newspaper=Washington Post\|access-date=2018-07-30\|language=en-US\|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==