Name: Charles (Charlie) William Bachman

Born: December 11, 1924, in Manhattan, Kansas

  • American computer scientist known for his work in the area of databases.
  • Joined General Electric in 1960 where he developed the IDS (Integrated Data Store), one of the first database management systems.
  • In 1983, he founded Bachman Information Systems, where he developed CASE (Computer-Aided Software, Engineering) products.

Significant publications

  • The Impact of Structured Data Throughout Computer-Based Information Systems (1980).
  • The Role Data Model Approach to Data Structures (1980).
  • Toward a More Complete Reference Model of Computer-Based Information Systems (1982).
  • The Structuring Capabilities of the Molecular Data Model (1983).
  • A Case for Adaptable Programming (1987).
  • A Personal Chronicle: Creating Better Information Systems, with Some Guiding Principles (1989).

Honors and awards

  • ACM Turing Award in 1973 for “his outstanding contributions to database technology”.
  • Elected as a Distinguished Fellow of the BCS (British Computer Society) in 1977.