He was born in Union, N.J., and graduated from Union Hill (N.J.) High School. From 1944 to 1945, he attended Princeton and North Carolina State University under the Army Reserve program. He served as a second lieutenant in the Signal Corps until 1947.
Before finishing his degree at Princeton in electrical engineering, Ad also attended Sampson College in North Carolina from 1947 to 1948. While at Princeton, he was an assistant manager of the University Band, and during his senior year, resided in the “Project” with his wife, Gertrude.
He was recalled to active duty after graduation. Discharged in 1953, Ad entered Harvard Graduate School and in 1955 received a master’s degree in applied math, focusing on automatic data processing. He joined IBM as an electrical engineer and had a career of varied assignments spanning nearly 35 years. He retired in 1990 but consulted for IBM and others for another five years.
We extend our sympathy to Gertrude, his wife of almost 60 years, and his son, Spence and his family.