Jerome Svigals
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BornJune 8, 1927
DiedNovember 11, 2018 (aged 91)
Occupationengineer
Jerome Svigals | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 8, 1927 |
| Died | November 11, 2018 (aged 91) |
| Occupation | engineer |
| Employer(s) | US Army, RCA, IBM |
| Spouse | Lias (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]
