The Van Dycks Family Tree

Welcome to the official genealogy site of the Van Dycks family. Here we preserve our shared history, back from the 16th century to a key figure in the rise of American corporate computing.

Notable Van Dycks

Louis B. Van Dyck II (1889–1934) – Individual page | View in tree | Research notes & sources

Meet Louis B. Van Dyck II

Louis Bevier Van Dyck (1889–1934) spent his entire career at General Electric, rising to become Manager of Corporate Accounting and later Manager of Corporate Information Technology. In 1953, he was photographed holding a teletype tape while standing next to an IBM punch‑card system – a symbol of the early digital revolution that allowed GE’s 13 plants to “close their books” on the same day for the first time.

            “He was not a founder of GE, but a pioneer in modernizing its financial and IT systems – helping shape the way large corporations manage data.”
        

Louis B. Van Dyck was the son of Rev. Louis Bevier Van Dyck I (1834–1908) and Isabelle Kate Sumner. His legacy continues through his children and grandchildren, whose stories are told throughout this tree.

Read our detailed research notes on Louis B. Van Dyck's career at GE, with full citations.

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