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- The Washington Post, 24 January 2004
Earl J. ?Buddy? Bass
Computer Executive
Earl J. "Buddy" Bass, 78, a retired computer industry executive who worked in electronic commerce, died of congestive heart failure Jan. 18 while vacationing with his family in Las Vegas. He lived in Silver Spring.
Mr. Bass established the documentation for the North American electronic data interchange standards, which allow computers to exchange business data reliably. He contributed to the development of a standard used by the U.S. grocery industry and developed a technique recognizable by both computers and humans that allows computers to make sure data are complete and unambiguous.
For his work, Mr. Bass and two colleagues in 1995 received the Edward A. Guilbert award from the Data Interchange Standards Association.
Mr. Bass, who was born in Philadelphia, graduated from Catholic University, attended the University of Maryland and American University and received a master's degree in engineering administration from George Washington University.
In World War II, he served in the Army as a radar and radio repairman in Washington and on the West Coast.
He was the first chairman of the ASC X12 Technical Assessment Committee, the third chairman of the ASC X12 and a U.S. delegate to the U.N. Economic Commission for Europe Working Party 4, which was charged with developing and maintaining an international electronic data interchange standard.
Mr. Bass was a member of B'nai B'rith of Silver Spring and Sigma Tau engineering society.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Beatrice Klein Bass of Silver Spring; two sons, Steven Bass of Seattle and Joseph Bass of Olney; two daughters, Sherry Bass of San Francisco and Abby Napoli of New Orleans; a sister; and nine grandchildren.
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