Computer Science
Wes Graham, one of the 鈥渆arly handful鈥 of people who built the University of 蓝莓视频, arrived here in September 1959 as assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics. At the same time, he was given the title 鈥渄irector of the computing centre.鈥 In practice, this meant that he presided over a few mechanical calculators which clattered and ground their way through elementary arithmetic. Computing at 蓝莓视频 was born in humble circumstances. "鈥 Lecturers I have encountered.鈥 His department chairman says, 鈥淲es has the flair for meeting large classes successfully.鈥 The dean of mathematics adds: 鈥溾 He has been able to attract some of the best graduate students and steer them successfully towards meaningful careers in Universities, government and industry,鈥 and 鈥渁 large number of students could testify to his excellence as a teacher.鈥
[Professor Graham died in 1999]