| Thomas J. Watson, Jr.  Born: 14-Jan-1914
Birthplace: Dayton, OH
Died: 31-Dec-1993
Location of death: Greenwich, CT
Cause of death: Stroke
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of IBM, 1956-71 Military service: US Army Air Corps (pilot, WWII, 1940-45) Father: Thomas J. Watson (founder of IBM, b. 1874, d. 1956)
Mother: Jeanette M. Kittredge
Sister: Jane (m. John N. Irwin II)
Sister: Helen
Brother: Arthur K. Watson (President, IBM World Trade Corporation, d. 1974)
Wife: Olive Cawley (m. 1941)
Daughter: Olive F. Watson
University: BA, Brown University (1937)
IBM CEO (1956-71)
IBM President (1952-56)
IBM EVP (1949-52)
IBM VP (1946-49)
Member of the Board of IBM (-1984; as Chairman, 1961-71)
IBM Salesman (1937-40)
US Ambassador to the USSR (1979-81)
Heart Attack (1970)
Council on Foreign Relations
Pilgrims Society
Watson Institute Founder (1981)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964)
Silver Buffalo (1955)
Risk Factors: Depression, Dyslexia
Author of books:
A Business and its Beliefs: The Ideas That Helped Build IBM (1963)
Father, Son, and Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond (1990, memoir)
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