Jack Kuehler was IBM's president and vice chairman
of the board in the early-1990s.
The following is the text of a corporate biography
published in February 1993.
Jack D. Kuehler, Vice Chairman, and member of the
IBM Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the
Corporate Management Board and the Management Committee,
joined IBM as an associate engineer at the company's
San Jose California Research Laboratory in 1958.
He advanced through various technical and managerial
positions in Research, the former Advanced Systems Development
Division and the former Systems Development Division.
In 1967, he was appointed director of the Raleigh Communications
Laboratory in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
In 1970, he became director of the San Jose and Menlo
Park development laboratories.
Mr. Kuehler was appointed vice president, technical
operations, when the General Products Division was formed
in September 1972, and became vice president, development
in 1974. In April 1977, he was named assistant group
executive, systems development, of the former Data Processing
Product Group.
He became president of the Systems Products Division
when that division was formed in August 1978 and was
elected an IBM vice president in September 1980. He
was named president of the General Technology Division
in November 1980 when it was formed.
He was named Information Systems and Technology Group
executive in December 1981. He was elected IBM senior
vice president in May 1982. He was named a member of
the Corporate Management Board and the Business Operations
Committee in March 1983. In February 1985, he assumed
corporate executive responsibility for worldwide development
and U.S. manufacturing. He was elected a member of the
board of directors in January 1986, executive vice president
in March 1987, and was named Vice Chairman of the Board
and a member of the Executive Committee in January 1988.
He was elected President in May 1989 and resumed the
title of Vice Chairman in 1993.
His outside activities include being a member of the
National Academy of Engineering; a trustee of Santa
Clara University, Santa Clara, California; a Fellow
of the IEEE; a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences; a member of the Board of Directors of
Olin Corporation; a member of the Board of Directors
of Aetna Life and Casualty Company, a member of the
Board of Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers;
a member of the Board of Directors of Taligent Inc.;
a member of the MIT's Visiting Committee for Sponsored
Research; and a member of the Board of Directors of
the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering.
Mr. Kuehler holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering
and an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Santa
Clara University. In addition, he holds an honorary
doctorate of science from Clarkson University and an
honorary doctorate of engineering science from Santa
Clara University.
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