president's letter - YOU ARE THE FUTURE OF HISTORY.

The article focuses on the death of Edmund C. Berkeley, principal founder of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the preservation of Berkeley's records and papers at the Charles Babbage Institute (CBI) in the University of Minnesota. The records date from the 1940s and contain correspondence, memoranda and subject files on the ethical use of computers, education in computing and computer programming languages. The author described the aim of the CBI to preserve valuable historical records and collections relating to computer organizations and professionals.