Robert Barton

For a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, see Robert E. "Bob" Barton. Robert S. "Bob" Barton (February 13, 1925 – January 28, 2009) was recognized as the chief architect of the Burroughs B5000 and other computers such as the B1700. He directed a research lab for Burroughs Corporation in La Jolla, California. He also taught, from 1968-1973, as a professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Utah with David C. Evans,... more

For a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, see Robert E. "Bob" Barton. Robert S. "Bob" Barton (February 13, 1925 – January 28, 2009) was recognized as the chief architect of the Burroughs B5000 and other computers such as the B1700. He directed a research lab for Burroughs Corporation in La Jolla, California. He also taught, from 1968-1973, as a professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Utah with David C. Evans, Ivan Sutherland, and Thomas Stockham. Barton was the first recipient of the ACM/IEEE Computer Society Eckert–Mauchly Award in 1979: For his outstanding contributions in basing the design of computing systems on the hierarchical nature of programs and their data. He was also recognized as a Charter Computer Pioneer by the IEEE Computer Society for his work in Language Directed Architecture. Barton designed machines at a more abstract level, not tied to the technology constraints of the time. He employed high level languages and a stack machine... less