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George Winthrop Fairchild (May 6, 1854 – December 31, 1924), was a six-term Republican U.S. Representative from New York. Prior to joining congress, he was a businessman and investor, best known as the chairman from 1915 to 1924 of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company which later became IBM.
The chairman was George Winthrop Fairchild, who, having been a member of Congress since 1906, was not expected to take an active part in management. When the first president left after just one month, however, Fairchild took over and ran CTR until 1912, when Frank N. Kandolf, formerly CEO of the International Time Recording subsidiary, took over.
U.S. Congressman. Self educated, he became the sole proprietor of the Oneonta Herald, weekly newspaper (1890-1912) and was a pioneer in the manufacture recording industry. In 1907, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving until 1909). While in office, he was...
George Winthrop Fairchild, was a six-term Republican U.S. Representative from New York. Prior to joining congress, he was a businessman and investor, best known as the chairman from 1915 to 1924 of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company which later became IBM.
FAIRCHILD, GEORGE WINTHROP, a Representative from New York; born in Oneonta, Otsego County, N.Y., May 6, 1854; completed preparatory studies; engaged in agricultural pursuits and apprenticed as a printer; owner of the Oneonta Herald Publishing Co. 1890-1912; also interested in banking and in the manufacture of time recorders; elected as a ...
Founded in 1900 by George Winthrop Fairchild in Jersey City, New Jersey, and reincorporated in 1901 in Binghamton, later relocating to Endicott, New York in 1906. Computing Scale Company of America : Established in 1901 in Dayton, Ohio. Hollerith's plant in 1893.
1854 May 06. Date of Death: 1924 December 31. Gender: Male. Noted For: Chairman of IBM from 1911 to 1924. Category of Achievement: Business Executive. More Info:
FAIRCHILD George Winthrop , a Representative from New York; born in Oneonta, Otsego County, N.Y., May 6, 1854; completed preparatory studies; engaged in agricultural pursuits and apprenticed as a printer; owner of the Oneonta Herald Publishing Co. 1890-1912; also interested in banking and in the manufacture of time recorders; elected as a ...
George Winthrop Fairchild, American congressman. Member 60th to 66th Congresses (1907-1919), 34th New York District; Member Sulgrave Institution Homes: Oneonta, New York, and New York, New York.
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1957 as a division of Fairchild Camera and Instrument by the "traitorous eight" who defected from Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory. It became a pioneer in the manufacturing of transistors and of integrated circuits.
