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A true pioneer in computing, known simply as "Doug Ross"everywhere, Mr. Ross received a BS Cum Laude in Mathematics, OberlinCollege, 1951; MS in EE at MIT, 1954; and had completed full courserequirements for a Pure Mathematics PhD by the summer of 1956, but,as Head of the MIT’s Computer Applications Group, he had no timeto complete exams or thesis. He started programming in July 1952 onthe MIT Whirlwind computer and later, through collaboration of hisMIT Computer-Aided Design Project with MIT’s Project Mac, on thepioneering Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS). The following aresome key "firsts":

1954 first hand-drawn input to a computer

1957 first general use machine-tool programming language, APT (ISO Standard, today)

1959 coined the term "computer-aided design" (CAD)

1960 first object-oriented design approach for things and software

supervised first CAD Masters Theses (in EE and in ME)

1962 - 1969: MIT Computer-Aided Design Project (with Project MAC)

first software engineering language (AED, Algol Extended for Design)

... and portable software-building tool system (the AED Approach)

first Finite State Machine lexical generator,RWord;

first table-driven language-definition system,AED Jr.;

first device-independent IOBCP (Input/Output Buffer Control Package)

first library of adaptable, reusable components("Integrated Packages")

 

CAD prize-winning papers Spring Joint Computer Conference, 1963 and 20th Anniversary National Conference of the ACM, 1967

Mr. Ross has not done all these things alone, of course. Toaugment staff and students at MIT, and continuing at SofTech, he alsopioneered in industry, government, and academic collaborativeprojects:

• The MIT/AlAAPT Project (some 55 programmers from 19 companies of the Aircraft Industries Association, 1957-1960);

  it spawnedCAM-I, Computer-Aided Manufacturing - International, Inc. -- still active worldwide.

• TheMIT CAD Project (with MIT ME Dept. participation, 1960-65, andProject MAC for Display hardware and software, 1963-69), included
  the 1964-1969AED Cooperative Program (35 staff from 22 organizations, for 9-18 months each).
• TheICAM Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing Program (with SofTech as Air Force Prime Contractor for an industrywide coalition in 1970s and 1980s). The IDEF methodologies were one major result.
• The AF-sponsoredEIP Enterprise Integration Project SofTech-led 1991-1993 industry coalition was shut down by a DoD shift of funds.

Recipient of theJoseph Marie Jacquard Memorial Awardofthe Numerical Control Society, in 1975, theDistinguishedContributions Awardfrom the Society of Manufacturing Engineers,1980, andHonorary Engineer of the YearAward from the SanFernando Valley Engineer’s Council, 1981 --

Mr. Ross also is listed in nine of the Marquis Who’s Whopublications, including Who’s Who in the World, in America, inScience and Engineering, in Frontier Science and Technology, inFinance and Industry, and in Society.