Herman Goldstine

Herman Goldstine
Man with glasses standing in front of computational machines
Capt. Herman H. Goldstine
Born
Herman Heine Goldstine

(1913-09-13)September 13, 1913
DiedJune 16, 2004(2004-06-16) (aged 90)
Alma materUniversity of Chicago (PhD)
Known forWork on the ENIAC
Spouses
(m. 1941; died 1964)
Ellen Watson
(m. 1966)
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
Ballistic Research Laboratory
Institute for Advanced Study
IBM
American Philosophical Society
Military career
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Army
RankCaptain
Battles/warsWorld War II

Herman Heine Goldstine (September 13, 1913 – June 16, 2004) was a mathematician and computer scientist, who worked as the director of the IAS machine at the Institute for Advanced Study and helped to develop ENIAC, the first of the modern electronic digital computers. He subsequently worked for many years at IBM as an IBM Fellow, the company's most prestigious technical position.


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