The following is the text of a March 1967 corporate
biography of Clarence Frizzell, published when he was
the general manager of the IBM Systems Manufacturing
Division plant in San Jose, Calif.
Clarence E. Frizzell, president of IBM's Systems Manufacturing
Division [SMD], joined the company in 1940 as a customer
engineer in his home town of Huntington, W. Va. In 1949,
he was assigned to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., as a technical
engineer in IBM's engineering laboratory where he advanced
to manager of computer development. Mr. Frizzell was
one of the group engaged in IBM's initial efforts in
the field of electronic computer development.
In 1957 he was made assistant general manager of the
IBM plant in San Jose, Calif., and later, general manager
of the Rochester,
Minn., plant. In 1961 he became Poughkeepsie plant
general manager. He was named vice president of manufacturing
for the company's Data Systems Division in 1962, and
he was promoted to president of the General Products
Division in 1964. He was advanced to President, Systems
Manufacturing Division in January 1965. In December
1966 he was given a special assignment reporting to
the IBM vice president and group executive and general
manager, Data Processing Group. In January 1967 Mr.
Frizzell was appointed general manager San Jose SMD
plant.
Mr. Frizzell is a senior member of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers and is a member
of the Institute's professional technical groups on
engineering management, reliability and electronic computers.
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