Jerome Svigals Explained

Jerome Svigals
Birth Date:	8 June 1927
Birth Place:	Bronx, New York
Death Place:	San Jose, California
Spouse:	Lias (Lois) Joan Kahn (1930-75) Pauline Elizardo (m. 1977/03/06)
Occupation:	engineer
Employer:	US Army, RCA, IBM

Jerome Svigals (June 8, 1927 – November 11, 2018) was an American engineer and author instrumental in the development of magnetic stripes on credit cards and in the adoption of smart card technology.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Svigals was a member of the SPREAD task force that proposed what became the IBM System 360.^[8]

Notes and References

1. https://usobit.com/2018/11/jerome-svigals-2018/ United States Obituary Notice, San Jose, Jerome Svigals
2. https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/magnetic/ IBM History: Magnetic Stripe Technology
3. http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2012/04/102658148-05-01-acc.pdf Computer History Museum: Oral History X4067.2007: Jerome Svigals
4. https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-long-life-and-imminent-death-of-the-magstripe-card J. Svigals, "The Long Life and imminent Death of the Mag-Stripe Card", IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012
5. https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/spectrum_na_0612/index.php?startid=4#/p/4 IEEE Spectrum, Back story, page 4, June 2012
6. https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=%22jerome+svigals Google books: Jerome Svigals
7. https://computerhistory.org/events/history-magnetic-striped-media-technology/ Computer History Museum: Lecture: J. Svigals, "The history of magnetic striped media technology", 2011/06/29
8. https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=2703 History of Information: "Origins of the IBM System/360", 1961/12/28