J. Presper Eckert

J. Presper Eckert
J. Presper Eckert
Born
John Adam Presper Eckert Jr.

April 9, 1919
DiedJune 3, 1995(1995-06-03) (aged 76)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
OccupationElectrical engineer
Known forENIAC UNIVAC I
AwardsHarry H. Goode Memorial Award (1966)
National Medal of Science (1968)
Harold Pender Award (1973)
IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award (1978)[1]
J. Presper Eckert (center), co-designer of the UNIVAC, and Harold Sweeny of the US Census Bureau at the console of the UNIVAC, with Walter Cronkite (r.) on CBS TV, during Presidential election night, 1952

John Adam Presper Eckert Jr. (April 9, 1919 – June 3, 1995) was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer. With John Mauchly, he designed the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (ENIAC), presented the first course in computing topics (the Moore School Lectures), founded the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, and designed the first commercial computer in the U.S., the UNIVAC, which incorporated Eckert's invention of the mercury delay-line memory.

  1. ^ "IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 24, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2021.

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