Bill Eggleston served as the IBM vice president of
quality, president of the IBM World Trade/Americas Far
East Corporation and president of the IBM General Products
Division.
The following is the text of a corporate biography
published in December 1986.
William (Bill) W. Eggleston, IBM vice president, quality,
joined the IBM Corporation as a sales representative
in Detroit in 1953.
He held several positions in marketing and product
management before joining the Systems Development Division
at the La Gaude laboratory, France, as systems manager,
special communications project in 1966.
Mr. Eggleston returned to the United States in 1969
as location general manager of the General Systems Division's
Boca Raton plant and laboratory, and was appointed vice
president, marketing, Data Processing Division in 1972.
He was elected president and a member of the board
of directors of IBM World Trade Americas/Far East Corporation
in July 1975.
He was elected an IBM vice president in January 1979.
He became president of the General Products Division
in February 1979.
He was named directeur general des services techniques
et fonctionnels, IBM Europe, and a member of the board
of directors of IBM World Trade Europe/Middle East/Africa
Corporation in September 1982. He was named to his present
position in December 1984.
Mr. Eggleston holds B.A. and M.S. degrees from the
University of Michigan.
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