Harvey Newquist II

Harvey P. Newquist is an American athlete and computer manufacturing executive. Newquist was the first manufacturing vice president of minicomputer manufacturer Data General.^[1]

Early life and education

Harvey Paul Newquist was born July 29, 1932, in Racine, WI, the fourth of five sons of Harvey Newquist and Mabel Hartmann. He attended Marmion Military Academy and graduated from DeKalb High School in DeKalb, IL in 1950.^{[citation needed]} He received a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1954. Competing for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish track and field team, he won three ND monograms and established six school records in hurdles, of which three still remain.^[2] He was an NCAA Championship finalist and qualified for the hurdle events in the 1952 and 1956 U.S. Olympic Team tryouts. He was mentioned in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities.^[3]

Career

Early Data General advertisement featuring Harvey Newquist

Newquist's industrial management career included General Electric in Utica, NY where he led aerospace programs and the development of the existing U.S. Navy E3A aircraft. At the 3C-Honeywell firm in Framingham, MA, he produced minicomputers and simulators for the NASA Apollo Program.^[4][5][6][7] From 1968 to 1973, he led the manufacturing and field service operations at Data General Corporation.^[8] His work on minicomputers is featured in the Oral History collection of the Computer History Museum.^[9]

Awards and honors

Newquist led the team responsible for the 1987 Papal Visit to Phoenix, AZ, and was awarded the papal medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice by John Paul II for his service to the Church.^[10][11]

Personal life

Newquist married Patricia Starr on October 12, 1957, with whom he had eight children.^[12] They include writer HP Newquist and musician Jimmy Newquist.

References

1. Alan R. Earls (2002). Route 128 and the Birth of the Age of High Tech. Arcadia Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-7385-1076-7. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
2. "Notre Dame Shuttle Hurdle Champions Celebrate 50th Reunion". Drake Relays Program. April 2002.
3. "Who's Who for 1954" (PDF). Scholastic.
4. "Core 2.1" (PDF). The Computer Museum History Center.
5. Turmail, Richard L. (September 27, 1970). "Can a production job be creative?". Electronics Design.
6. Adams, John. W (February 28, 1973). "Data General – DGEN". New England Research.
7. "Notre Dame Alumnus" (PDF). The Archives of The University of Notre Dame.
8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. Newquist, Harvey oral history, Gardner Hendrie, Harvey Newquist, Denver, CO: Computer History Museum, October 23, 2018, retrieved April 15, 2022{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
10. McCarthy, Tim (October 1982). "Harvey Newquist: Computer Ace Portraying Old Fashioned Values". Phoenix Diocese Alive.
11. Gunty, Christopher (October 1987). "Papal Events Coordinator Honored". Phoenix Diocese Catholic Sun.
12. "Harvey-P-Newquist – User Trees – Genealogy.com". www.genealogy.com.