Edward M. McCreight

Edward M. (Ed) McCreight
Nationality	American
Fields	Computer Science
Institutions	Boeing, Xerox PARC, Adobe Systems
Known for	algorithm design, computer design

Edward Meyers McCreight is an American computer scientist. He co-invented the B-tree with Rudolf Bayer while at Boeing, and improved Weiner's algorithm to compute the suffix tree of a string. He also co-designed the Xerox Alto workstation, and, with Severo Ornstein, co-led the design and construction of the Xerox Dorado computer while at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. He also worked at Adobe Systems.