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Jerome Svigals

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Jerome Svigals
Born(1927-06-08)June 8, 1927
DiedNovember 11, 2018(2018-11-11) (aged 91)
Occupationengineer
Employer(s)US Army, RCA, IBM
SpouseLias (Lois) Joan Kahn (1930-75) Pauline Elizardo (m. 1977/03/06)

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]

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