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    J.A. Haddad Obituary


    Jerrier A. Haddad, 94, of Briarcliff Manor, NY succumbed to age on March 31, 2017 at his beloved Adirondack home on the shores of Simond Pond, Tupper Lake, NY. A computer pioneer and lifelong architect of technology and education, he had an illustrious 38 year career in senior management at International Business Machines Corporation.

    Mr. Haddad was born in New York City on July 17, 1922 to Abdulmassih Abdo Haddad and Rashida Shaker. He was reared in the vibrant immigrant community from Syria which settled in New York and flourished as scholars, essayists, journalists and poets.

    After graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School, he attended Cornell University In 1942, while a full-time student and instructor, he was employed by IBM. In 1945, upon receiving a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree, he joined IBM’s Endicott, NY Engineering Laboratory.

    Mr. Haddad was a member of the IBM 604 Development Team and headed the IBM 701 large scale computer Development Team in Poughkeepsie, NY. He later served as General Manager of the Special Engineering Products Division and managed the Endicott and Poughkeepsie laboratories.

    In 1963 he became Director of Engineering and Technology at IBM corporate headquarters. From 1967 to 1977 he was IBM Vice President for Engineering Programming and Technology. Upon his retirement in 1981, he was Vice President for Technical Personnel Development.

    In retirement, Mr. Haddad served on the Cornell University Council and as Chairman of the Cornell College of Engineering Advisory Council. He was a Trustee of Clarkson University and the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture.

    He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1968 and served on its Committee on Technology and International and Economic and Trade Issues and on its Computer Science and Engineering Board. He was Chairman of the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on the Education and Utilization of the Engineer and was a member of the NRC Board on Army Science and Technology.

    Mr. Haddad was a Fellow of the America Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), where he chaired the Committee on Continuing Education. He served two terms as an IEEE Representative Director of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), serving as President in 1995.

    He was a member of the American Society for Engineering Education, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu Honorary Societies. He has received Honorary Doctor of Science Degrees from Union College, Clarkson University and Webb Institute. In 1990 he received the Order of the Cedars Medal from the Republic of Lebanon for his scientific and technical achievements. Upon approval by Queen Elizabeth II, he was invested as a Confrère of the Order of St. John, a royal order of chivalry to promote humanitarian and charitable work. He holds 18 patents on inventions in the computer and electronics fields.

    Mr. Haddad wrote and lectured the world over on engineering, scientific, educational and management topics. From 1968 to 1990 he was a director of American District Telegraph Company (ADT). He served on the science and technology transition team for President Ronald Reagan. From 1987 to 2012 he was senior consultant to Lutron Electronics Company.

    Mr. Haddad was predeceased by his first wife, Margaret Louise (Van Hamlin) Haddad and by three sisters, Lila Helen Abdelnour of Mamaroneck, Najla Haddad and Rashida Marie Haddad of Brooklyn, NY.


    He is survived by his devoted wife of 43 years, Carol Jane (McCowen) Haddad of Briarcliff Manor and Tupper Lake, NY and five children: Mary DeGarmo of Boston, MA, Helen AbuShaheen of White Plains, NY, Suzanne Baktash of Gaithersburg, MD, A. John Haddad of Burlington, CT and Alexander Haddad of Lansdale, PA.

    Mr. Haddad treasured family above all else. He leaves 14 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and countless mentees. His greatest joy was to gather family on holidays and at his family camps over almost 50 years on Tupper Lake in the Adirondack Mountains.

    He was a teacher, leader, innovator, inventor, lifelong learner and one who inspired others and made a difference in their lives. His was a beautiful mind.

    A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, April 22 at 11 am at Scarborough Presbyterian Church, 655 Scarborough Road at Route 9, Briarcliff Manor, NY. Interment will be private.

    Funeral arrangements by Stuart-Fortune-Keough Funeral Home, Tupper Lake, NY. www.stuartfortunekeoughfuneralhome.com

    In memory of Mr. Haddad and in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, Tupper Lake, NY 12986 www.wildcenter.org/our-work/annual-fund or to Clarkson University www.clarkson.edu/giveback.

    The extended family is deeply grateful to the devoted and steadfast team of caregivers from Tupper Lake who gave such extraordinary care and comfort to our beloved patriarch. Mercy is unending.

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    Life Story for Jerrier A. Haddad

    Many college students hold part-time jobs. Jerry Haddad took a job at IBM while a student at Cornell – and embarked upon a 38-year career in which he helped lead IBM into the computer age.

    Haddad, one of IBM’s titans of technology, died on March 31, 2017 at the age of 94.

    The child of Syrian immigrants, Haddad grew up in New York City and joined IBM prior to graduating with an electrical engineering degree from Cornell, starting out in the company’s Endicott Engineering Lab – which he later managed. Haddad also managed the Poughkeepsie Lab, and quickly rose through the IBM ranks. He was a leader of several development and engineering teams that focused on large-scale computing – the precursor of the mainframe era – before coming to IBM corporate headquarters as a senior engineering executive in 1963.

    Four years later, Haddad was named IBM’s vice president for engineering, programming and technology, and he held that role as IBM became synonymous with enterprise computing. Haddad also led IBM’s technical personal development efforts before his 1981 retirement – and he was responsible for hiring thousands of technical talent during IBM’s mainframe era.

    One of those hired was a Ph.D in materials engineering, a young physicist named John Kelly. Today, Dr. Kelly is Haddad’s successor as IBM’s top technical leader and the company’s senior vice president for Cognitive Solutions and Research.

    “Jerry Haddad became an industry icon through his leadership of the development of the System 701, a critical step in mass produced electronic computers,” Dr. Kelly said. “He had a unique blend of technical, management and business skills, and he had a great eye for talent. A lot of great technical leaders did their best work because they were hired, promoted and encouraged by Jerry Haddad.”

    The holder of 19 patents for inventions in the computer and electronics fields, Haddad was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1968.

    Haddad was active in retirement, serving as a trustee of Clarkson University and the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, as well as chairman of the advisory committee at Cornell’s college of engineering. He received Honorary Doctorates from Union College and Clarkson College, and served as a member of the science and technology transition team for President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

    Haddad is survived by his wife of 43 years, Carol, five children, 14 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren – and countless people whom he mentored over the years.

    “Jerry literally had IBM at the edge of all new system-level thinking and technology,” said Nicholas M. Donofrio, one of those many executives Haddad encouraged; Donofrio rose through the technical ranks to become an IBM Fellow and Executive Vice President for Innovation and Technology. “He pushed us hard to create the future, but was also bright enough to know when to allow the team to take technology to market.”
    “Seeing the future is one thing – leading the team there is another,” Donofrio said. “Jerry Haddad was terrific at both.”


    Please Click Here to read the blog post by IBM about Mr. Haddad

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