J. Presper Eckert
American electrical engineer and computer pioneer (1919–1995)
Died aged 76AriesUnited States
Biography
John Adam Presper "Pres" 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.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- Moore School of Electrical Engineering
- Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
- Remington Rand
- Sperry Rand
- Unisys
Awards & honours (9)
- Harold Pender Award
- IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award
- Howard N. Potts Medal
- National Medal of Science
- National Inventors Hall of Fame
- Harry H. Goode Memorial Award
- Computer Pioneer Award
- John Scott Award
- ACM Fellow
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- J. Presper Eckert was born on April 6, 1919.
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