Howard H. Aiken
Howard Hathaway Aiken was an American physicist and a pioneer in computing. He was the original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I, the United States' first programmable computer.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Hoboken
- Educated at
- University of ChicagoUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonArsenal Technical High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Emory Leon Chaffee
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Fred Brooks📖 Kenneth E. Iverson📖 Gerard Salton📖 Gerrit Blaauw
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Timeline
1900
Born
Birth1973
Died
Death
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