| Thomas J. Watson AKA Thomas John Watson, Sr. Born: 17-Feb-1874
Birthplace: Campbell, NY
Died: 19-Jun-1956
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of IBM Wife: Jeanette M. Kittredge (m. 17-Apr-1913, two sons, two daughters)
Son: Thomas J. Watson, Jr. (later head of IBM, b. 1914, d. 1993)
Daughter: Jane (m. John N. Irwin II)
Daughter: Helen
Son: Arthur K. Watson (President, IBM World Trade Corporation, d. 1974)
University: Elmira School of Commerce, Elmira, NY
Administrator: Trustee, Columbia University
Administrator: Trustee, Lafayette College
IBM Founder
American Philosophical Society 1984
Boy Scouts of America
Council for Moderation 1935
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
Japan Society
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York Metropolitan Opera
Cross of Merit of the Decoration of the German Eagle with Star Berlin, Germany (Jul-1937)
French Legion of Honor
Order of Merit
Silver Buffalo 1944
Risk Factors: Aviophobia
Is the subject of books:
The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM, 2003, BY: Kevin Maney
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