Stephen W. Dunwell (April 3, 1913 – March 21, 1994) was an American computer engineer, known best for his role leading the team developing the

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supercomputer at

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. He was honored with an

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in 1966, a

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in 1992, and was named an

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in 1994. He died of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunwell, Stephen W. 1913 births 1994 deaths IBM Fellows 1994 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery People from Kalamazoo, Michigan