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Raymond ‘Ray’ Boyce grew up in New York, he went to college in Providence, Rhode Island and got his PhD in Purdue in 1971 [1] . After he left Purdue he worked on database projects for IBM in Yorktown Heights, New York. In the short period that he had, which was not quite two years long, he invented Boyce-Codd Normal Form. Together with Donald D. Chamberlin he invented Structured Query Language (SQL) while managing the Relation Database development group for IBM in San Jose, California. He died in 1974 as a result of an aneurysm of the brain, just a few months after his marriage to Sandy when his daughter Kristen was just nine months old. Image File history File links Wikitext. ... Computer science, or computing science, is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. ... International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) (NYSE: IBM) (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, and services. ... On Line Analytical Processing, or OLAP, is an approach to quickly provide answers to analytical queries that are dimensional in nature. ... The relational model for database management is a database model based on predicate logic and set theory. ... SQL (IPA: or IPA: ), commonly expanded as Structured Query Language, is a computer language designed for the retrieval and management of data in relational database management systems, database schema creation and modification, and database object access control management. ... Boyce-Codd normal form (or BCNF) is a normal form used in database normalization. ... This article is about the state. ... “Providence” redirects here. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Purdue University is a public land-grant university system within the state of Indiana. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about computing. ... For other uses, see IBM (disambiguation) and Big Blue. ... Yorktown Heights is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York. ... Boyce-Codd normal form (or BCNF) is a normal form used in database normalization. ... Donald D. Chamberlin is best known as one of the principal designers of the original SQL language specification. ... SQL (IPA: or IPA: ), commonly expanded as Structured Query Language, is a computer language designed for the retrieval and management of data in relational database management systems, database schema creation and modification, and database object access control management. ... For other uses, see San José. Nickname: Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Post surgical photo of brain aneurysm survivor. ...

References

• The 1995 SQL Reunion: People, Projects, and Politics (early history of SQL)
• Boyce-Codd Normal Form
• SQL
• “SEQUEL: A Structured English Query Language” D.D. Chamberlin and R.F. Boyce, Proc. ACM SIGMOD Workshop on Data Description, Access and Control, Ann Arbor, Michigan (May 1974) pages 249-264.