He retired in 1989 as professor emeritus with Universiteit Twente. In 1982 he was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1997 he co-authored Computer Architecture: Concepts and Evolution with Brooks. Blaauw died in Utrecht. Blaauw was a devout Christian who gave particular attention, especially after retirement, to the relationship of science and faith, a topic he explored in a booklet available in English, Dutch and Spanish. Selected publications Blaauw, Gerrit A. Digital system implementation. Prentice Hall PTR, 1976. Blaauw, Gerrit A., and Frederick P. Brooks Jr. Computer architecture: concepts and evolution. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., 1997. Blaauw, Gerrit A. Scripture and Science: An Unexpected Harmony. 2014. Published online. Selected articles Brooks, Frederick P., Gerrit A. Blaauw, and Wilfried Buchholz. "Processing data in bits and pieces." IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers 2 (1959): 118-124. Blaauw, Gerrit A., and Frederick P. Brooks Jr. "The structure of SYSTEM/360: Part I—Outline of the logical structure." IBM Systems Journal 3.2 (1964): 119-135. Patents Amdahl, Gene M., et al. "Data processing system." U.S. Patent No. 3,400,371. 3 Sep. 1968. References Further reading [Extensive (819 pp.) treatment of IBM's offerings during this period. Blaauw is mentioned on numerous pages.] External links Gerrit Blaauw , unsung heroes in Dutch computing history. DIESREDE BLAAUW: BESCHRIJVEN EN BEGRIJPEN 26 November 1976 (in Dutch) Dutch computer scientists 20th-century Dutch inventors 1924 births 2018 deaths IBM employees Harvard University alumni Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Academic staff of the University of Twente Scientists from The Hague 20th-century Dutch scientists VM (operating system)