Edward McCluskey

Professor Edward McCluskey worked on electronic switching systems at the Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1955 to 1959. In 1959, he moved to Princeton University, where he was Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the University Computer Center.  In 1966, he joined Stanford University, where he was Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as well as Director of the Center for Reliable Computing.  He was also the first IEEE Computer Society President.

He founded the Stanford Digital Systems Laboratory (now the Computer Systems Laboratory) in 1969 and the Stanford Computer Engineering Program (now the Computer Science MS Degree Program) in 1970. The Stanford Computer Forum (an Industrial Affiliates Program) was started by Dr. McCluskey and two colleagues in 1970 and he was its Director until 1978. Prof. McCluskey led the Reliability and Testing Symposium (RATS). He mentored more than 70 PhD students and has an expanding family of academic "grandchildren."