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EWALD NAMED CRAY RESEARCH CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

EAGAN, Minn., December 1, 1994 -- Robert H. Ewald has been
named chief operating officer at Cray Research, Inc. (NYSE:
CYR) it was announced today by John Carlson, Cray chairman
and chief executive.  In his position Ewald will assume full
responsibility for the office of chief operating officer, which
he previously shared with Lester T. Davis, who announced his
retirement today.  

Carlson said, "We are very fortunate to have a well-
experienced and widely regarded professional such as Bob
ready to step in and oversee Cray's day-to-day operations." 

Ewald, 47, actually worked with the first Cray system
delivered to Los Alamos National Laboratory beginning in 1977
when he was employed there as a computational scientist. 
From 1979 to 1984 he was leader of Los Alamos' computing
and communications division.  He joined the company in 1984
as director, education industry and was subsequently named
vice president of commercial marketing.

In 1988 Ewald was named vice president, software and in 1992
became the company's executive vice president of development. 
In that post he was responsible for both hardware and software
development and R&D and simultaneously served as Cray's chief
technology officer.  In 1993 he was named head of supercomputer 
operations in the office of chief operating officer.

Ewald has been frequently recognized for his leadership and for
contributions to computational science.  In 1984 he was named
one of the 100 brightest scientists in the United States by
Science Digest magazine and received the Los Alamos
Distinguished Performance Award in 1980.  He holds a
bachelors of science degree in civil engineering from the
University of Nevada in 1969 and a masters of science degree
in civil engineering received as a National Science Foundation
Fellow at the University of Colorado in 1970.

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