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DTXT_TITLE: Thomas J. Watson Jr. dedicating the new IBM Headquarter in Armonk, N.Y., USA (1964) DOC_TYPE: Image ARCHIV: 1000 FIL_ID: 50813074 FIL_ORG: 85315.jpg FIL_EXT: jpg FIL_WIDTH: 400 FIL_HEIGHT: 521 FIL_RES: 100 FIL_SIZE: 66451 FIL_COLOR: RGB FIL_ROTATE: FIL_CLIP: FIL_CROP: FIL_IMG: FIL_PATH: DOC_SPERRVERMERK: DOC_INPUT: 05-04-2006 14:23:47 DOC_UPDATE: DOC_STATUS: 4 DOC_KATALOG: 1 DOC_SPERR: 1 BESCHREIBUNG: Thomas J. Watson, Jr., was chairman and chief executive officer during IBM's most explosive period of growth. He led the company from the age of mechanical tabulators and typewriters into the computer era. During his leadership, IBM grew from a medium-sized business to one of the dozen largest industrial corporations in the world. When Mr. Watson became Chief Executive Officer in 1956, IBM employed 72,500 people and had a gross income of $892 million. When he stepped down in 1971, employees numbered more than 270,000 and gross revenue was $8.3 billion. In January 1952 he was elected president of the company. In May 1956 Mr. Watson was made chief executive officer and he was elected chairman of the board in May 1961. Mr. Watson stepped down as chairman and CEO in 1971, a year after suffering a heart attack. He remained a member of IBM's board of directors until 1984, taking time out from 1979 to 1981 to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union. Thomas J. Watson, Jr., died in Greenwich, Conn., on December 31, 1993 of complications following a stroke. He was 79. IBM Chairman Thomas J. Watson, Jr., dedicates the company's new corporate headquarters facility in Armonk, N.Y., on October 21, 1964. Standing in the north garden of the building's courtyard, Watson unveils a plaque inscribed "To the Men and Women of IBM Everywhere." BU: RUBRIK: IBM Manager und Mitarbeiter BILDART: Außenaufnahme IBM_NUMMER: 85315 FARBE: sw FORMAT: Hoch ORIGINAL: Digital BILDRECHTE: IBM BILDQUELLE: https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/watsonjr/watsonjr_album.html EINGABE: Häßler STICHWORTE: Historie EXPORTPATH: 29/images/50813074.jpg

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